However, the Texas Supreme Court in one case prohibited Harris County from sending out applications for mail-in ballots to all registered voters. Hotze turned to Aguirre to assemble a team of 20 private investigators, according to Aguirre’s attorney, Terry Yates, who is not related to Jeffrey Yates. The affidavit alleged Democrats had devised a scheme to submit as many as 700,000 fraudulent ballots in Harris County. He later changed his story and claimed not to be involved in the surveillance operation and refused to name other private investigators working with him. The Harris County District Attorney’s office, which charged Aguirre after a grand jury indictment, also declined to answer questions.

Source: Washington Post December 20, 2020 20:37 UTC