AUSTIN (KXAN) — U.S Senator John Cornyn (R) announced Thursday morning that FBI Director Kash Patel has approved his request for federal assistance in locating Texas House Democrats who fled the state to prevent a vote on mid-decade redistricting legislation.

"I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has approved my request for the FBI to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats," Cornyn said in a statement Thursday morning.

The announcement follows Cornyn's August 5 letter to Patel requesting the FBI "take any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to locate or arrest potential lawbreakers who have fled the state."

Notably, Cornyn's Thursday statement specifically mentioned FBI assistance in "locating" the lawmaker

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