{"id":478309,"date":"2026-10-27T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478309\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:40:07","slug":"gov-greg-abbott-appeals-judges-order-to-let-gina-hinojosa-review-elon-musk-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478309\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Greg Abbott appeals judge’s order to let Gina Hinojosa review Elon Musk communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a judge\u2019s decision<\/a> that ordered him to allow his Democratic challenger to review unredacted communications involving Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday, a Travis County judge issued a temporary order requiring Abbott\u2019s office to let state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, who is running for Texas governor, inspect these records by Thursday. CBS Austin has been following this case as the dispute over public access to high-level government emails plays out in the final days before Election Day.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, before the ruling, Hinojosa discussed the emails on CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can’t be afraid to do what’s right as leaders in Texas, and so the right thing is to see what are these emails about,\u201d Hinojosa said.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Judge orders Abbott to let Hinojosa review unredacted Elon Musk communications by Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n

Hinojosa filed the lawsuit earlier this month after an earlier records request by The Texas Newsroom produced about 1,400 pages, many of them heavily redacted or blacked out. Abbott\u2019s office previously argued some information was too personal to release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s a lot that we need to see, and as a legislator, I have a responsibility and a right to see what those emails are about,\u201d Hinojosa said.<\/p>\n

Abbott\u2019s press secretary said in a statement: <\/p>\n

\u201cThis lawsuit is a baseless stunt and nothing more than an act of desperation. State Representative Gina Hinojosa is misusing her official capacity as an outgoing lawmaker to generate headlines for political purposes. The Office of the Governor has appealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Hinojosa\u2019s request, she wants to examine communications involving state tax breaks and grants, Starlink broadband, data center development and public beach access.<\/p>\n

The timeline laid out in the case includes Sept. 29, when Hinojosa requested access; Oct. 19, when she sued; and yesterday, when a judge ordered access and Abbott appealed.<\/p>\n

Thursday is the original records deadline. Friday is the end of early voting. On Monday, Nov. 2, a judge will consider a longer-lasting order and Abbott\u2019s legal challenge. Next Tuesday is Election Day.<\/p>\n

The judge\u2019s findings are preliminary but indicate Hinojosa has shown a probable right to inspect the records for legislative purposes. The question now is whether Abbott\u2019s appeal delays her access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a judge\u2019s decision that ordered him to allow his Democratic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-478309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}