Caught in a lie about enceypted messaging.
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/harris-co-judge-lina-hidalgo-no-longer-denying-she-used-encrypted-messaging-apps-for-county-business.amp""I told you, I don't have governmental conversations on Signal," said Hidalgo.
Fast forward to last week's filing of search warrant affidavits by Texas Rangers and the revelation, that contrary to Hidalgo's claim that "she hadn't used" encrypted messaging apps "for years", she was in fact, communicating with her chief of staff on WhatsApp regarding not just County business, but more critically, the controversial, multi-million dollar Covid communication contract, which led to the criminal indictment of three of her top aides.
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FOX 26 pressed Hidalgo to explain the untruth.
"We get these search warrants and there are multiple messages between you and your former chief of staff on WhatsApp. So you want to walk that back? Did that happen?" asked FOX 26.
"The question was whether I conduct county business on the Signal app. I do not conduct County business on the Signal app," said Hidalgo.
"So you did not conduct county business on WhatsApp and other encrypted apps?" asked FOX 26.
"I already answered the question," said Hidalgo""