know which officers were there, and what time they arrived. these are the questions that i ve been asking since day one, and they have refused to give us any information. what this agency has done, and by other director specifically, has constantly spread misinformation. first, that arradondo was in charge. then they blamed a teacher for ten days, that she had propped open a door. they knew should that she had removed that rock on the door. that woman is completely traumatized with ptsd now, at this moment. this governor can ask for accountability, but he has refused. dps directs reports abbott, and he has refused and task recount ability in the space. tony, you ask for information every day, how do they get away with it? well, in texas, frankly, the law, in some ways, makes it easy for them. the law protects information, as long as an investigating
pyatt was hired by the state to find the money. how is brett favre getting money that is supposed to get kids out of poverty? it s a mystery to us. here we had tens of millions of dollars sent by the country to do the thing that we needed done the most, and it was squandered. in july, he issued a subpoena to get more answers about that volleyball arena, including any communications between the university, and former governor phil brian, who waid directed the spending. bryant said he wasn t aware that all for money was involved. what happened to you after you followed your subpoena? i was terminated. the state welfare agency says they fired him because the client and the lawyer were not on the same page. the investigation has only recently resumed. welfare agency head john davis was arrested and charged with bribery and conspiracy. he pled not guilty. the agency declined an interview, saying they are
living in some kind of soap opera. they have all of the information, they have all the videos and the body cams, they know which officers were there, and what time they arrived. these are the questions that i ve been asking since day one, and they have refused to give us any information. with this agency has done, and by other director specifically, has constantly spread misinformation. first, that arradondo was in charge. then they blamed a teacher for ten days, that she had propped open a door. we they knew should that she had removed that rock on the door. that woman is completely traumatized with ptsd now, at this moment. this governor can ask for accountability, but he has refused. dps directs report to a bit, and he has refused and task recount ability in the space. tony, you ask for information every day, how do they get away with it?
i don t think we are any safer now than we are on may 24th the fact of this governor has refused to have a special session on common sense gun solutions. these families like kimberly rubio and felix rubio. they are asking for an age limit increase to 21 years of age, and last week greg abbott tells us it s unconstitutional. he s lying to the people of texas, he s trying to play legally he s with us, he s dead wrong. 18 states have age restrictions, as does texas. we deserve better. we deserve a whole lot better. tony, you ve got new reporting today about the investigation that is going on. it s not that nothing is happening, but there is an investigation into the department of public safety. what can you tell us? well, certainly over the past three months, there have been continued calls for accountability from the shooting, from the people of uvalde. and in particular, the parents of those 19 children. authorities for the texas
district includes uvalde. and tony plohetski, and investigative reporter for the austin american statesman. he covered the school shooting. senator, i can t imagine what today was like for everyone in your community. how are people doing? well, it s been a long trying day. it s been a long, trying 90 plus days now. this community is, they re just tired, and they re frustrated, and they want answers, and they haven t gotten any answers. the government has continued to fail them. it s astounding to, me i want to see what the security measures were like. it was astounding to me to see that some of the schools hadn t been secured. it was astounding for me to see those schools that look like prisons. and yet, we still don t have eye discussion on guns in texas, because we have a governor who doesn t want to have that discussion. your constituents, those