Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, shown here in April, said Thursday that the FBI had granted his request for the agency to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Democratic state lawmakers who have left the state to stall a Trump-backed effort to redraw the state’s congressional map. AP/April 8, 2025

Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said Thursday that the FBI had granted his request for the agency to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Democratic state lawmakers who have left the state to stall a Trump-backed effort to redraw the state’s congressional map.

Cornyn wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday requesting that the agency “take any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to locate or arrest potential lawbreakers who have fled the state

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