Houston Chronicle by Jasper Scherer Oct. 1, 2019
Mayoral challenger Tony Buzbee on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into the relationship between Mayor Sylvester Turner and a man who was hired as an intern at the Houston Airport System last year at a $95,000 annual salary.
Buzbee, a millionaire lawyer and businessman, repeatedly criticized Turner Tuesday for telling a TV reporter that he had never met Marvin Agumagu, despite ample evidence of prior connections with the intern, which Turner since has acknowledged.
“Let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture,†Buzbee said at a news conference. “If you can’t trust your mayor on something like this, how can you trust him when he says we have a budget crisis and we can’t pay firefighters?â€
Buzbee also produced a copy of a letter of recommendation Turner wrote on Agumagu’s behalf and a screenshot of a Facebook post in which Agumagu calls Turner “my mentor.†Buzbee also said he has text messages between Turner and Agumagu that were “heavily redacted,†though Buzbee did not produce the text messages.
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