House Democrats are probing the FBI's efforts to help locate a group of Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled the state in a bid to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas' congressional maps.

Why it matters: The lawmakers are arguing that the operation is a partisan misuse of federal resources for combatting serious crimes, including terrorism and drug trafficking. • The investigation is being led by House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), and Reps. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). • In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, they expressed "great concern" about the "abuse of federal public safety resources for completely political purposes and

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