August 20, 2019      4:36 PM
Updated: Empower Texans is denied in request to include information about Bonnen meeting in lawsuit over House media credentials
Attorneys for Empower argued the June 12 meeting with the speaker should be considered in their case, the Fifth Circuit disagreed
Editor’s note: The
story has been updated throughout – SB
Attorneys for Empower
Texans were denied after asking the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans to allow the courts to hear arguments about the
alleged quid pro quo offer by Texas House Speaker Dennis
Bonnen of media credentials in exchange for targeting specific GOP members
in their primaries next year.
By Scott Braddock
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