Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has requested that the Justice Department (DOJ) probe organizations, including one tied to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s Powered by People, that allegedly have helped fund Texas Democrats who left the state in an attempt to stall a Republican redistricting plan, The Hill reported on Wednesday.
In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Cornyn wrote, “I write to encourage the Department of Justice to open an investigation into potential violations of federal law committed by the Political Action Committees and special interest groups providing funding and assistance to members of the Texas House of Representatives who absconded from the state and violated their duties to the citizens of Texas.”
More than 50 Democrat legislators from the state left earlier this month in order to deprive the state House of the numbers it needs to move forward with a redistricting plan.
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