documents reveal the texas man who killed a protester at a black lives matter rally in 2020 spread racist messages online for years now, the texas government promised to pardon daniel perry shortly after he was convicted before he was sentenced. abbot claimed perry was protected under the stand your ground law in texas. new evidence, though, may complicate abbott's efforts. jake tapper to have more on this story at the top of the hour on the lead, so, jake, i know you've been following this very closely tell us more about these about these new posts and really the impact that that could have on this pardon request from the governor. well, mr perry's defense attorneys are lashing out at the court for releasing the these messages, almost all of which were not allowed to be shown to the jury. but perhaps perhaps it will complicate efforts to pardon him or give him a new trial. among the posts that he wrote. ah on june 1st 2020 on on facebook, he wrote. it is official. i am a racist