Sen. John Cornyn asks FBI Director Kash Patel to help arrest state legislators who fled Texas to prevent a legislative quorum and block voting.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Tuesday wrote a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel asking for the bureau’s help in finding and arresting Texas House Democrats who fled the state Sunday to prevent a vote on redistricting.
„I have asked @FBIDirectorKash to work with @GregAbbott_TX & Texas law enforcement to investigate potential CRIMINAL acts, including bribery, and to hold legislators accountable who have fled the state in a shameful attempt to stall the legislative process in the Texas House“, Cornyn wrote in a post on X Tuesday.
By fleeing the state, the lawmakers have left Texas House of Representatives without a quorum, meaning that no legislative activity can proceed. A quorum was not reached again Tuesday.
„In a representative democracy, we resolve our differences by debating and voting, not by running away“, Cornyn wrote in the letter.
