AUSTIN (KXAN) -- More than $6 million total will go to four whistleblowers in a lawsuit filed against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his office, and they are granted interest until they are paid, according to the final judgment. This comes after an entire episode that led to the impeachmen t trial of Paxton that ultimately ended in his acquittal in the Texas Senate in 2023. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moves to end litigation in whistleblower lawsuit However, that lawsuit continued. Following that, AG Paxton opted not to contest the whistleblowers' lawsuit last year. According to the filing by Travis County district judge, Catherine A. Mauzy, "Plaintiffs made their reports to law enforcement in good faith, and OAG terminated each of the Plaintiffs because of their reports to law enforcement in violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act.” Final judgementDownload KXAN reached out to Paxton's office and received the following statement: “The sham impeachment orchestrated by the disgraced former Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan, in collusion with Joe Biden’s corrupt DOJ, has already cost taxpayers over five million dollars. The Texas Senate rejected their witch hunt after the allegations were proven to be false with no evidence to support them. Now a liberal Austin judge wants the people of Texas to pay even more for the Phelan/Biden corrupt impeachment scheme with a ridiculous judgment that is not based on the facts or the law. We will appeal this bogus ruling as we continue to clean up Dade Phelan’s mess” Attorney General Ken Paxton's office KXAN also reached out to plaintiffs in this case and received the following statement: "Late Friday afternoon, after a trial in state district court, our clients were awarded a judgment confirming that the Office of the Attorney General violated the Texas Whistleblower Act. After litigating for more than four years due to OAG's many delay tactics, Ken Paxton finally admitted to breaking the law to avoid being questioned under oath, but also because he had no defense.   "It should shock all Texans that their chief law enforcement officer, Ken Paxton, admitted to violating the law, but that is exactly what happened in this case.  "Now the Texas Legislature needs to do the honorable thing and fund the judgment so these brave public servants can be compensated for the lost pay and damages they suffered when Paxton illegally terminated their employment." Tom Nesbitt, attorney for Blake Brickman and TJ Turner, attorney for David Maxwell ...read more read less