![]() ![]() O’Rourke said he would use campaign funds to defend himself and that he was not worried about the cost because he finds the lawsuit “so frivolous.” “All I have done today and all I have done over the course of the campaign is share these facts” with voters, O’Rourke said Monday, arguing that “when we connect the dots and follow the money, we see that Greg Abbott has put profits over people.” The lawsuit says O’Rourke has seized on that donation to falsely accuse Warren of “serious crimes including extortion, bribery, and corrupt influence.” The contribution came in the earliest possible days that Abbott was allowed to accept campaign donations after the grid failure. Months later, Warren cut a $1 million check to Abbott’s reelection campaign. Warren’s Energy Transfer Partners reportedly made $2.4 billion off the storm as demand for gas soared. O’Rourke has centered his campaign on the February 2021 power grid collapse that left millions of Texans freezing in the dark and led to hundreds of deaths. ![]() Read the suit filed by Kelcy Warren against Beto O’Rourke. The lawsuit alleges defamation, slander and libel, and it seeks over $1 million in damages.Ī Warren lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment on O’Rourke’s news conference. Warren filed the lawsuit last month in state district court in San Saba County, accusing O’Rourke of a “relentless and malicious attack” on him. ![]() “We are not backing down,” O’Rourke said, calling the lawsuit “frivolous.” Greg Abbott, is suing O’Rourke over his criticism of the windfall profits that Warren’s company made after the 2021 winter storm.ĭuring a news conference in Dallas, O’Rourke said Warren is alleging defamation and trying to “use his billions of dollars to try to shut me down and shut us up from telling the story of what happened to the people of Texas.” Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.ĭemocratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke said Monday that Kelcy Warren, the Dallas pipeline tycoon and top donor to Gov. Kelcy Warren is the founder of Energy Transfer, the pipeline giant that earned billions as a result of Texas’ 2021 winter storm. ![]()
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