Amid reports that President Donald Trump asked senior White House officials to sign nondisclosure agreements, The Texas Tribune received a copy of an NDA Trump asked a former Texas campaign staffer to sign in 2016. Take a look.
2016 elections
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texas Republicans down on FBI, Russia investigation
Texas Republican voter opinion turned against the FBI and special counsel Robert Mueller even before last week’s mass shooting in a Florida high school and indictments of Russian propagandists who tried to influence American elections, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Politics
Indictment says Russians communicated with a person affiliated with a Texas grassroots group during the 2016 election
Russian nationals posing as U.S. citizens communicated with someone “affiliated with a Texas-based grassroots organization” during attempts to disrupt the 2016 election, according to a new federal indictment by the U.S. special prosecutor.
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Demographics
Counterprotesters say white supremacists, not Russian Facebook ads, drew them to rally
Counterprotesters at a rally in Houston last year say their presence wasn’t influenced by Russian Facebook ads but by the white supremacists who said they would attend.
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Congress
A Russian Facebook page organized a protest in Texas. A different Russian page launched the counterprotest.
Newly released Facebook ads revealed Wednesday show that two Russian-linked Facebook groups organized opposing protests last year at the same time outside an Islamic center in Houston.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. McCaul urges Trump to call out Putin on election meddling
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, made his position clear on Friday: Russia is responsible for cyberattacks on Democrats in 2016 and President Trump should hold Putin accountable.
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State Government
Why one of the largest counties in Texas is going back to paper ballots
After a disastrous November election, Denton County is planning a complete return to paper ballots. The move is in part a response to voter distrust of electronic voting machines.
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Politics
Why bills to bind Texas’ Electoral College never reached Gov. Abbott
Late last year, after two Texas electors went rogue, top Republicans rallied around bills to “bind” Texas Electoral College members to the result of the statewide popular vote. Those bills never made it to the governor.
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Demographics
Despite high expectations for 2016, no surge in Texas Hispanic voter turnout
Turnout among Texas Hispanics eligible to vote rose slightly in the 2016 presidential elections compared to four years earlier, according to newly released U.S. Census data.
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Politics
State’s failures led to voter ID problems in 2016
Texas’ efforts to enact and enforce the strictest voter ID law in the nation were so plagued by delays, revisions, court interventions and inadequate education that the casting of ballots in the 2016 election was inevitably troubled.