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Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public (www.propublica.org)

submitted 1 week ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

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[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We teachers are constantly reminded that our school emails are considered public documents and could be subpoenaed at any time. So we can't use it for personal or inflammatory communication. Because we're considered public servants.

But the governor, he is above the law?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

He's Republican, so yes.