Bexar County leaders clap back at Mayor Jones over claim that councilwoman’s jail booking video was unprecedented leak

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County leaders have pushed back on a claim from San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones that footage of a councilwoman being booked on a DWI charge late last month was “leaked video,” according to an email exchange obtained by KSAT Investigates.

On July 25, hours after District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez was released on bond in her misdemeanor DWI case, Jones emailed Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai about footage that showed the councilwoman in shackles making her first appearance before a jail magistrate judge that morning.

“Unfortunate about the leaked video surrounding the CW’s (councilwoman’s) arrest. As I understand, such a leak is unprecedented. Would appreciate your office investigating how that leak happened,” Jones wrote in an email that CC’d City Manager Erik Walsh, City Attorney Andy Segovia and other city leadership…

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