Overview
- X’s Global Government Affairs said on Dec. 29 it will pay Michelle Evans’ legal bills and help petition the Fifth Circuit for en banc review.
- Evans, the Williamson County GOP chair, reposted a 2023 photo taken by someone else of a transgender woman in a Capitol women’s restroom during debate over youth gender-care legislation.
- A district judge and a 2-1 appellate panel on Dec. 9 denied her bid to halt the investigation, with the court noting it is unclear whether she will face charges.
- Authorities investigated under Texas’ invasive visual recording statute; Department of Public Safety officers questioned Evans and obtained her phone, according to her complaint.
- Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza’s office criticized X’s stance in defending Evans, as the company points to its broader First Amendment litigation while backing a rehearing.