The plaintiffs — Blake Brickman, Mark Penley, David Maxwell and Ryan Vassar — proved that the attorney general’s office violated the state’s whistle-blower act, Judge Catherine Mauzy of a ...

The Texas Senate voted on Saturday to acquit the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, after a nine-day impeachment trial that focused on allegations of corruption and divided the Republican Party.

Former deputy attorney general for legal counsel Ryan Vassar answers questions during cross examination at the start of the fourth day in suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment ...

Former Texas deputy attorneys general James Blake Brickman, Mark Penley, and Ryan Vassar – along with former director of law enforcement David Maxwell – were the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Former deputy attorney general for legal counsel Ryan Vassar answers a question during cross examination on the fourth day of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial Friday ...

(From left) Witness Ryan Vassar, former deputy attorney general for legal counsel for the attorney general's office, is cross-examined by Mitch Little, an attorney for Attorney General Ken Paxton ...

Former Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel Ryan Vassar, meanwhile, testified that Paxton pressured him and Bangert to provide legal opinions that would have prevented foreclosure on some of ...

Joe Knight, who represents Ryan Vassar, Paxton's former deputy legal counsel, said lawmakers definitively decided the issue by rejecting the agreement, launching an inquiry that led to Paxton's ...

AUSTIN — Senior officials who were fired after reporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to law enforcement for alleged criminal conduct in 2020 asked a Travis County judge Thursday to award ...

Ryan Vassar, the former deputy attorney general for legal counsel, testified before the Texas Senate and made the startling revelation under oath.

The Texas attorney general's office must pay four whistleblowers $6.7 million after a judge found they were subjected to retaliation for reporting corruption allegations against Attorney General ...

What’s this case about? James “Blake” Brickman, David Maxwell, Mark Penley and Ryan Vassar — former top officials in the attorney general’s office — sued the agency in November 2020 ...