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New report refutes Greg Abbott’s claim that his office was unaware of DeSantis’ migrant stunt

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) office was aware of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant stunt despite previous claims that it had no involvement in helping him, KSAT-12 reports.

Text message conversations released by Abbott’s office as part of a public information request from the Florida Center for Government Accountability refutes the the State of Texas’ previous denial that it had “any involvement with that flight.

In an email to KSAT, the accountability group said, “Those records indicated that [DeSantis chief of staff] Mr. (James) Uthmeier was introducing [former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida] Mr. (Larry) Keefe to Luis Saenz (Gov. Abbott’s Chief of Staff) as the point of contact for Gov. DeSantis.”

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Per HuffPost: “A spokeswoman for Abbott initially told the San Antonio Express-News that his office had spoken with DeSantis’ office in the spring about the Texas governor’s own efforts at busing immigrants out of state, but was ‘not involved in these initial planes to Martha’s Vineyard.’”

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