The judge overseeing the case to fix Texas' child welfare system is seeking a federal criminal investigation into allegations that children were sexually abused and trafficked at The Refuge, a state-licensed foster care shelter in Bastrop.
Less than a week later, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, who oversees the Texas Rangers, wrote a letter to Abbott saying “there were no allegations or evidence that these residents were sexually abused or assaulted by anyone.” The court on Wednesday viewed a March 29 letter from McCraw to lawmakers saying the Rangers' preliminary findings have not changed.
DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters testified during Wednesday’s hearing and said she also disagreed with McCraw'sMasters said McCraw made that assertion before the Texas Rangers had interviewed any of the victims. Masters’ statement seemingly contradicts what McCraw testified to lawmakers on March 21, whenDPS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Jack ordered state officials to provide authorities’ recorded interviews with several of the children who were at the shelter at the time after she said DFPS had refused to provide them to the monitors. "Which one of you wants to volunteer today to be held in contempt?” Jack asked state officials at one point during the back and forth.
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