Documents still sought from manhunt for Democratic Texas Representatives
"I guess this is heresy, but this issue is bigger than Texas, and for a Texan, that's a heck of a statement," Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas ) told the Austin American-Statesman July 18.
Gonzalez and a number of other Texas Democrats are trying to find out exactly what happened during a statewide manhunt for 51 members of the Texas House of Representatives who left the state in order to break quorum on a controversial redistricting vote. In two lawsuits, Democrats have charged federal authorities with refusing to turn over records relating to the search, and state authorities with illegally destroying …