As GOP leaders call for release of secret meeting audio, activist says Texas Rangers already have it
AUSTIN — As pressure mounted for political activist Michael Quinn Sullivan to release the secret recording of his meeting with the Texas House speaker, in which he alleges the politician offered him an illegal quid pro quo, Sullivan said Monday he had turned it over to the Texas Rangers.
In an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News, Sullivan writes to the House Republican Caucus chairwoman, Rep. Stephanie Klick of Fort Worth: "I have made the recording available to the Texas Rangers at their request as part of an ongoing criminal investigation."
The Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Rangers, could not be reached for comment late Monday.
The Rangers are investigating a June 12 meeting of Sullivan, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock, in which Sullivan alleges the lawmakers offered writers for his website, Texas Scorecard, media credentials if he and his affiliated political group, Empower Texans, refrained from criticizing the legislative session and targeted a list of 10 Republican incumbents. Sullivan secretly recorded the meeting and has let a select group of people listen to the audio.
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