Breaking: Beto O’Rourke says Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren is suing him for defamation
Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he’s being sued for defamation by Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren in what the Democratic gubernatorial nominee describes as an effort to silence him from criticizing energy companies that he says made illegal profits from last year’s winter storm that left millions without power.
Kelcy Warren, Chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer, speaks during an unveiling ceremony for a memorial in honor of the five officers who died on July 7, 2016 at the Jack Evans Police Headquarters in Dallas on Monday, July 8, 2019. O’Rourke said the lawsuit was filed in a district court in San Saba County. He said he has not been served yet.
The Democratic nominee for governor against incumbent Republican Greg Abbott has made the winter storm and its fallout his core campaign issue.“He is going to try to take me to court, 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,” O’Rourke said. “He’s trying to stop me from fighting for the people of Texas. And just as we did before, we are not backing down right now.”.
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