Trump suggested the FBI could get involved in the state standoff, but what are the actual legal repercussions of the lawmakers’ protest?

President Donald Trump said the FBI “may have to” get involved to potentially arrest the Texas Democrats who refuse to grant their state’s Republicans a quorum for a redistricting vote. Texas House Democrats have taken refuge in blue states such as Illinois,

GOP lawmakers in Texas voted to approve civil arrest warrants targeting the dozens of Democrats who left the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to move forward.