A federal appeals court appears to have cleared the way for top officials in the attorney general’s office to testify before a grand jury, signaling the criminal probe into alleged corruption by Ken Paxton lives on well after the Senate killed his impeachment last year.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order last week rejecting an unnamed state agency’s attempt to stop federal investigators from calling top officials before a grand jury on Tuesday. The order suggested the agency may be trying to withhold evidence of criminal activity.