The Commandante Lina Hidalgo was grilled by Fox 26’s Greg Groogan during a press conference on Tuesday about the bid rigging her office is accused of doing in order to award an $11 million contract to a Democrat operative & she basically refused to answer questions on the matter because she says her attorney ordered her not to.
Sounds like she’s worried about further implicating herself and/or her staffers.
Computers, phone & other records seized during the raid by the Texas Rangers on March 11th on the offices of Hidalgo policy director, senior advisor & chief of staff shows they coordinated with Elevate Strategies CEO Felicity Pereyra, a longtime Democrat operative while also working to ensure UTHSC didn’t win the contract.
Hidalgo’s office began communicating with Pereyra about COVID outreach in January 2021, a month before a request for proposal on the subject became public.
Fox 26’s Greg Groogan asked her:
"Judge, you say you are a straight shooter, and you said last year, from Commissioner's Court that you barely knew who Felicity was. Now I'll use another term you use which is 'the documents are the documents.' The documents from the Texas Rangers show you did know who she was. You were aware of her activities and you were helping her get the contract. Respond to that. Is that not true? Is that misleading? Is that out of context?"
She refused to answer, telling Groogan, "that is misleading, and unfortunately I can't explain how and eventually all the facts will be public."
Meanwhile, she also refused to answer similar questions from KPRC-TV's Mario Diaz.
The Czar asks “what do you have to hide Lina? Sounds like she’s worried about implicating herself and staffers.”
Listen to the Czar further break it all down here.