, a spokeswoman for Abbott's office confirmed that the governor had held conversations with DeSantis about about Texas' program of busing migrants out of state prior to the flights departing San Antonio.Express-News
reports, citing 150 pages of text messages and other material it obtained. Additionally, records show Keefe was operating with the"knowledge and approval" of DeSantis Chief of Staff James Uthmeier. show that an off-duty Bexar deputy was onsite as migrants boarded the planes. The sheriff's office confirmed that the deputy was contracted to provide security with a K-9 unit, but he told supervisors that he was misled about the purpose of the flights, according to the newspaper. The man reportedly isn't a suspect in Sheriff Javier Salazar's ongoing criminal investigation into the flights.
The documents also confirm that DeSantis' operation, dubbed"Dash," initially included an additional flight slated for Sept. 20, according to the daily. That flight was bound for President Biden's home state of Delaware but was later scrubbed. Additionally, financial statements indicate that DeSantis had plans for monthly flights to so-called sanctuary cities and that the State of Florida had already made a downpayment for future charter flights, according to the