The governor’s spokesman said they are confidential under an exception to open records law because they include “information that is intimate and

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is refusing to release months of email communications between his office and Elon Musk or representatives from Musk’s companies, arguing the messages are “intimate” and “embarrassing” and therefore not subject to public disclosure.

Musk had become more entrenched in Texas politics after the movement of both Tesla and SpaceX headquarters from California to the state.