House Democrats are probing the FBI's efforts to help locate a group of Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled the state in a bid to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas' congressional maps.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Thursday pushed back against claims by Republicans that the FBI would help “track down” Texas state Democrats who fled the Lone Star State amid the redistricting battle.

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the FBI’s help in returning him and his state House colleagues to the state.