Appeals Court Frees D’Souza’s Cronies From Texas Jail

The Texas Tribune reports:

After spending nearly a week in jail, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — leaders of Texas-based right-wing voting activist group True the Vote — have been released. They’d been held for contempt of court since Halloween, having repeatedly refused to release the name of a man they called a “confidential FBI informant” who is a person of interest in a defamation and hacking case against them.

In the week since Engelbrecht and Phillips were escorted to federal detention, they have turned their plight into a national public relations and fundraising blitz. Trump, speaking at a rally last week, defended Engelbrecht, calling her “incredible” and a “patriot.” “And she’s now in a Houston prison along with another great patriot. And you know what they did? They went out and they saw illegal ballot stuffing,” he told the crowd.

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The leaders of Texas-based right-wing voting activist group True the Vote have been released after being held for contempt of court. They refused to name a man who is a person of interest in a defamation and hacking case against them. | Via @VotebeatUS https://t.co/QNkbqzP3dy

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 8, 2022