Summary
Senator John Cornyn announced that the FBI agreed to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state. These lawmakers traveled to other states to prevent a vote on new redistricting maps in Texas.
Key Facts
- Sen. John Cornyn said the FBI will help find Texas Democratic lawmakers.
- The lawmakers left Texas to stop a vote on redistricting maps.
- They went to states like Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts.
- The Texas House issued civil warrants to bring them back, but these warrants do not work outside Texas.
- Each day the lawmakers remain away, they face daily fines.
- Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have threatened to try to remove these lawmakers from office.
