Bonnen won't be at House hearing, but Sullivan might be
House Speaker Dennis Bonnen has not been asked to appear before the Texas House General Investigating Committee when it meets Monday to consider if and how to look into allegations that have placed Bonnen’s speakership in peril.
Bonnen, R-Lake Jackson, was not invited to come before the committee, which will convene at 10 a.m., a person who has been briefed on the proceedings but was not authorized to comment publicly told the American-Statesman.
At issue is the charge by Michael Quinn Sullivan, a provocative, conservative activist who was critical of Bonnen’s first legislative session as speaker. He alleges that at a post-session meeting June 12 in the speaker’s office with Bonnen and state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, who chairs the House Republican Caucus, Bonnen offered Sullivan a deal: Bonnen would provide House media credentials to writers affiliated with Sullivan’s group Empower Texans in exchange for Sullivan’s PAC holding fire on Bonnen and his GOP allies and instead targeting a designated list of 10 GOP House members in their reelection bids.
The panel’s announcement of the hearing states that, “The committee will meet for consideration and action on the possible investigation into the circumstances, events, and allegations in connection with a June 12, 2019, meeting between Members of the House and representatives of a Texas nonprofit corporation.”
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