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Ken Paxton: “We didn't up front any of these expert fees or any of the…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Ken Paxton Testifies At Senate Finance Committee

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

If we'd add a 35% contingency fee, we would have had to pay another $350 million. So we know we negotiated a relatively low level. They took all the risk, all the financial risk on these cases and We didn't up front any of these expert fees or any of the costs which amounted to millions of dollars. And it allowed us to go forward with that as well as when you take on these big tech companies, I mean, they can spend as much money as they want. (08:35–08:41)

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Asserts that no upfront payments were made for expert fees or costs in legal cases.

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