Abbott wins pause of order granting Hinojosa access to his Musk emails
Government · Curated reporting
Source report: 2026-10-28 · Event: 2026-10-27
Read original story ↗A Texas judge ordered Greg Abbott's office to let state Representative Gina Hinojosa inspect unredacted communications involving Elon Musk and his companies. Abbott appealed, and the Fifteenth Court of Appeals confirmed that the inspection order was automatically stayed. The dispute concerns a lawmaker's access to government records, not an order releasing the emails to everyone.
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Sources
- Fifteenth Court of Appeals order, October 27 ↗
- Texas Newsroom: appeal pauses inspection, October 28 ↗
- Texas Newsroom: initial inspection order, October 27 ↗