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Open records letter ruling request OOG ID#: 202-25 (arguing emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk should be not be released to the public because they include private exchanges with lawyers, details about policy-making decisions, and information that would reveal how Texas entices companies to invest here; common law privacy). (Link Type: AG Document)
See: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25975648/2025-06-03-abbott-musk-comms-appeal.pdf
By Public Information Coordinator Matthew Taylor, Office of Governor Greg Abbott
Publication Date: June 3, 2025
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Tex. Att'y Gen. OR2025-027289A (corrected open records letter ruling that some but not all emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk must be released per open records request). (Link Type: AG Document)
See: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26182126/2025-08-01-or2025-027289a.pdf
By Attorney General Ken Paxton
Publication Date: August 11, 2025
   
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Letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton, RE: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s objections to disclosure of records under OOG PIR# 202-25 (arguing emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk should be not be released to the public because they contain “commercial information whose disclosure would cause SpaceX substantial competitive harm”). (Link Type: Letter)
See: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25984819/spacex-objections-to-oog-pir-202-25-redacted.pdf
By Counsel Kevin Bagnall, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Publication Date: June 26, 2025
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