SAN ANTONIO — Former Alamo Trust President and CEO Kate Rogers says Texas’s top leaders pushed her out of her job over opinions she shared as a private citizen — and now she’s taking them to federal court.

Rogers, who led the Alamo project for four and a half years, filed a lawsuit accusing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, the Alamo Trust, the Remember the Alamo Foundation, and board leaders Welcome Wilson Jr. and Hope Andrade of violating her First Amendment rights. The lawsuit bluntly states: “Defendants say they are supporters of free speech, but their actions say differently.”

Rogers gave KENS 5 an exclusive interview to share her side of the story — her first detailed account since the lawsuit was filed.

Rogers was hired in 2021 at a pivotal moment fo

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