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Gov. Rick Perry of Texas Is Indicted on Charge of Abuse of Power
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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2595708" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts on Friday, charging that he abused his power last year when he tried to pressure the district attorney here, a Democrat, to step down by threatening to cut off state financing to her office. </p><p></p><p>The indictment left Mr. Perry, a Republican, the first Texas governor in nearly 100 years to face criminal charges and presented a major roadblock to his presidential ambitions at the very time that he had been showing signs of making a comeback. </p><p></p><p>Grand jurors in Travis County charged Mr. Perry with abusing his official capacity and coercing a public servant, according to Michael McCrum, the special prosecutor assigned to the case.</p><p></p><p>The long-simmering case has centered on Mr. Perrys veto power as governor. His critics asserted that he used that power as leverage to try to get an elected official Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County to step down after her arrest on a drunken-driving charge last year. Ms. Lehmberg is Austins top prosecutor and oversees a powerful public corruption unit that investigates state, local and federal officials...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html?_r=0</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2595708, member: 1294"] A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts on Friday, charging that he abused his power last year when he tried to pressure the district attorney here, a Democrat, to step down by threatening to cut off state financing to her office. The indictment left Mr. Perry, a Republican, the first Texas governor in nearly 100 years to face criminal charges and presented a major roadblock to his presidential ambitions at the very time that he had been showing signs of making a comeback. Grand jurors in Travis County charged Mr. Perry with abusing his official capacity and coercing a public servant, according to Michael McCrum, the special prosecutor assigned to the case. The long-simmering case has centered on Mr. Perrys veto power as governor. His critics asserted that he used that power as leverage to try to get an elected official Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County to step down after her arrest on a drunken-driving charge last year. Ms. Lehmberg is Austins top prosecutor and oversees a powerful public corruption unit that investigates state, local and federal officials... [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html?_r=0[/url] [/QUOTE]
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