Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that the FBI “had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan,” the New York Times reports.
“The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where some of the absent Democrats have taken refuge.”
“The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.”
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