According to Accuracy In Media, the video was filmed in December. The group’s president, Adam Guillette, returned to Irving ISD several weeks later to confront Lizardo, who denied knowledge of the conversation. Abbott retweeted the video earlier this week and called for investigations into Lizardo’s conduct.

In a social media post, Gov. Abbott called for both "criminal and civil investigations" against Irving ISD after a video surfaced that allegedly showed Reny Lizardo, the executive director of Campus Operations for Irving ISD speaking to an undercover investigator for Accuracy in Media,

Gov. Greg Abbott called for criminal and civil investigations into Irving ISD after a hidden-camera video showed a school administrator discussing transgender students playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity despite the state’s ban.