Texas: 3 Hidalgo staffers indicted in $11M COVID-19 outreach contract investigation – IOTW Report

Texas: 3 Hidalgo staffers indicted in $11M COVID-19 outreach contract investigation

CLICK2HOUSTON: Three senior staffers for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo made their first court appearance on Tuesday. The trio was indicted in an investigation surrounding an $11,000,000 COVID-19 outreach contract that was previously awarded to Elevate Strategies.

Alex Triantaphyllis, Hidalgo’s current chief of staff, policy director Wallis Nader and a former senior advisor, Aaron Dunn, have all been charged with felony misuse of official information and tampering with a record.

They were each named in search warrants executed by Texas Rangers on March 11

According to search warrants, investigators were looking for any communications or files that may show they disclosed non-public information to Felicity Pereyra, who founded Elevate Strategies.

Elevate Strategies was awarded the multi-million dollar contract by the county. However, it was revoked last fall after questions surfaced about how it was awarded. more

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