Texas House committee demands that attorney general allow Roberson to testify

The Texas attorney general’s office is deliberately running out the clock on a soon-to-expire House committee to avoid cooperating with its demand that death row inmate Robert Roberson be able to testify before the committee in person, according to the two lawmakers spearheading that effort.  “What the attorney general's office, I feel like is doing right now, is trying to delay, as much as possible, and not work with us,” state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, told The Texas Tribune during a Friday event exploring the committee’s intervention in the Roberson case.  “They’re basically ignoring the Supreme Court's order, knowing that in a month or so, when the new legislative session convenes, our committee goes away,” he said.