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Gina Hinojosa sues to review emails between Elon Musk, Greg Abbott
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Gina Hinojosa filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott to obtain unredacted emails between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk, alleging the governor is withholding documents deemed "intimate and embarrassing."
- Hinojosa claims extensive connections between Abbott and Musk, including frequent communication, political contributions totaling approximately $366 million to Republicans, and millions in state grants to Musk’s SpaceX operations in Texas.
- Abbott’s office called the lawsuit a "baseless" political stunt, accusing Hinojosa of abusing her official capacity for headlines, while Musk has not commented on the matter.
- The lawsuit follows a public information request made by Hinojosa after most of the nearly 1,400 pages of related documents released to the media were heavily redacted or blacked out.
- Hinojosa asserts her legal right to access the records for legislative purposes and emphasized the public’s right to transparency amid concerns over tech giants’ influence in Texas, with early voting underway in the governor’s race.
