Texas Rangers asked to investigate the Bonnen/Burrows meeting.
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The Texas Rangers have been called to investigate the June 12, 2019, meeting to which House Speaker Dennis Bonnen invited me. More on that at the end of today's Texas Minute.
– Michael Quinn Sullivan
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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Brandon Waltens reports [[link removed]]: “State investigators with the Texas Rangers will begin investigating the backroom offer [[link removed]] given by Speaker Dennis Bonnen and State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) to Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan, after a Texas House committee officially referred the case.”
That committee – the Texas House Committee on General Investigating – met yesterday morning and formally voted to ask the Texas Rangers’ public integrity unit to look into the matter.
While I am disappointed Speaker Dennis Bonnen and State Rep. Dustin Burrows chose the course they did to deceive the public about our June 12 meeting [[link removed]], I’m glad the Texas House General Investigating Committee appears to be searching for the truth.
I recorded the meeting [[link removed]] to protect myself from Speaker Bonnen’s proven practice of using lies [[link removed]] to attack his adversaries. It is abundantly obvious my decision to record our meeting was the correct one. I remain hopeful Mr. Bonnen will recant his false claims about me and the facts surrounding our meeting.
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Today in History
On August 13, 1836, the first of a series of letters were sent to U.S. President Andrew Jackson from his agent in Texas advising against recognizing the fledging Republic. Less than a year later, though, that diplomatic recognition was made.
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