Texas gubernatorial candidate and onetime presidential contender Beto O’Rourke is striking back against a Dallas oil billionaire’s defamation lawsuit, demanding a public trial and releasing a statement this week that declared: “I am ready for this fight.”
that killed hundreds of people and suggested he failed to protect the state’s energy grid because Warren, the chairman and former CEO of Energy Transfer LP, paid him off.
Warren’s complaint, filed in San Saba County, claims that O’Rourke falsely accused him of “extortion, bribery and corrupt influence” because of his $1 million donation to Abbott’s campaign after the 2021 power grid crisis. On Monday, O’Rourke’s lawyer filed a response to the lawsuit, saying it “failed to assert factual and legal grounds.” O’Rourke’s campaign also sent out a media release calling Warren’s legal battle “frivolous” and vowing the pipeline tycoon wouldn’t stop him.
“I am ready for this fight,” the Democrat said in a statement. “And like all Texans, I look forward to hearing Abbott explain to us why he chose the profits of his corporate donors instead of the people of Texas. He got millions in campaign contributions; we got a broken grid and higher utility bills each month.”
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