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FBI, Texas and Democrats

CNN on MSN · 3d

The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the FBI’s help in returning him and his state House colleagues to the state.

Axios on MSN · 2d

Democrats investigate FBI effort to "hunt down" Texas legislators

House Democrats are probing the FBI's efforts to help locate a group of Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled the state in a bid to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas' congressional maps.

The Hill on MSN · 11h

Former AG says FBI can’t return Texas lawmakers who fled state

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the FBI does not have jurisdiction to return Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state. “Texas lawmakers are digging in. You heard

Texas, California and Democrats

The Texas Tribune · 4h

Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

Texas GOP looks to make California enforce arrest warrants amid redistricting battle

Texas GOP officials on Saturday upped their calls for Democrats who fled the state for California to be arrested, unseated and brought back to the Lone Star State amid a redistricting battle. Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) filed a legal complaint in California urging local law enforcement

Long Beach Post · 1d

Texas Democrats embrace Newsom’s redistricting rebuttal as California draws new map

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Democrats jointly promoted California’s plan to redraw congressional lines and offset a redistricting scheme in Texas. The proposed map is expected to be made public next week.

11hon MSN

‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday refuted claims that President Donald Trump could force Texas Democrats to return to their ...

3don MSN

FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who left state, Sen. John Cornyn says

Texas Republicans have been trying to bring the state Democratic lawmakers back in order to vote on their redistricting plan.

The Texas Tribune on MSN3d

Cornyn says FBI will help locate absent Texas Democrats, but scope of feds’ role unclear

The Republican senator, who is facing a tough primary challenge, previously asked FBI Director Kash Patel for the agency’s ...

18h

A week into their walkout, Texas Democrats are figuring out what to do next

Texas Democratic lawmakers expected to confront many uncertainties when they left the state in a last-ditch attempt to block ...

1d

‘Come and get it’: Texas Democrats hold the line against gerrymandering despite GOP threats

Texas Democrats are facing a full-blown retaliation campaign after fleeing the state to block a Trump-backed redistricting ...

2d

Legal expert compares missing Texas Dem to fugitives, cites racial gerrymandering concerns

Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, likened the missing Democrats to individuals who flee a ...

2don MSN

Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

3don MSN

GOP sics FBI on absent Democrats as Texas Senate panel advances congressional map

Republicans are exhausting various law enforcement tools, including the FBI, to try and bring House Democrats back to Texas ...

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