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 08/15/2014 09:07 PM
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A Travis County grand jury Friday indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two charges related to his effort last year to force District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign after her drunken driving arrest.

Grand jurors charged Perry, 64, with abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, and coercion of a public servant, a third-degree felony. The first charge carries a punishment of 5-99 years and a fine of up to $10,000. The second charge is punishable by 2-10 years and a fine of up to $10,000.

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 08/16/2014 04:41 AM
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The guy for smaller government uses big government to get his way.

Sounds about right.

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 08/16/2014 05:17 AM
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Shocking.

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 08/16/2014 06:48 AM
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It's a bona-fide prosecution.  AP story at the Guardian.

 08/16/2014 10:23 AM
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Top Dem Axelrod appears to support Perry, says indictment seems 'sketchy'
Published August 16, 2014
·FoxNews.com

Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry after being indicted this weekend got support Saturday from one of the country's most powerful Democrats-- former President Obama political adviser David Axelrod-- who tweeted that the charge seems "sketchy."

Perry, a 2012 GOP presidential candidate with potential 2016 aspirations, was indicted Friday for allegedly abusing his veto power during a dispute with a public-corruption prosecutor over her drunken driving arrest.

The indictment claims Perry broke the law when he threatened to veto $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit run by the office of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, after she pleaded guilty to drunken driving in April 2013 and refused to resign.

"Unless he was demonstrably trying to scrap the ethics unit for other than his stated reason, Perry indictment seems pretty sketchy," Axelrod tweeted.

Alexrod joined Texas' junior Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday in giving his support to Perry, while other high-profile lawmakers have largely remained silent on the politically-charge issue.

The outspoken first-term senator defended his fellow Republican's integrity. He also called the indictment "highly-questionable" and argued that the Travis County District Attorney's Office that indicted Perry has a "sad history" of engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions.

"Rick Perry is a friend, he's a man of integrity," said Cruz, who also appears to have 2016 White House aspirations. "I am proud to stand with Rick Perry. The Texas Constitution gives the governor the power to veto legislation. And a criminal indictment predicated on the exercise of his constitutional authority is, on its face, highly suspect."

Perry vetoed the money after Lehmberg, a Democrat, refused to resign.

Democratic lawmakers appear to be staying out of the dispute, at least for now. But the Democratic National Committee is already on the attack, much like it was when another potential 2016 GOP White House candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was answering questions about his connection to a staff member and political appointees in Sept. 2013 ordering the unannounced closure of toll lanes on the George Washington Bridge, causing traffic jams in Fort Lee, N.J., whose mayor didn't endorse Christie's successful re-election bid.

On Saturday, DNC spokeswoman Lily Adams posted on Twitter a picture of a banner newspaper headline that read: "Perry Indicted for Veto Threat" underneath her tweet: "What Perry woke up to."

The tweet was one of several on the DNC's Twitter feed regarding the indictment.

The Texas Democratic Party has already called on Perry to resign, calling the situation "unbecoming" of a Texas governor.

"Governor Rick Perry has brought dishonor to his office, his family and the state of Texas. Texans deserve to have leaders that stand up for what is right and work to help families across Texas," party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a statement.

State GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri of Houston said "a politically motivated prosecution" yielded the indictment.

"It's not unusual for people in cases involving politics to move forward with an indictment and ultimately ... the case doesn't go anywhere or the person is eventually exonerated," he said, according to Politico.

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Mary Anne Wiley, general counsel for Perry, said late Friday the governor's actions were allowed under the law.

"The veto in question was made in accordance with the veto authority afforded to every governor under the Texas Constitution," she said. "We will continue to aggressively defend the governor's lawful and constitutional action, and believe we will ultimately prevail."

Perry's defense attorney David L. Botsford, whose $450-per hour fees are being paid for by state funds, said he was "outraged and appalled" at the decision.

"This clearly represents political abuse of the court system and there is no legal basis in this decision," he said in a statement.

CLICK TO READ THE FULL STATEMENT FROM PERRY'S ATTORNEY.

Several top aides to Perry appeared before grand jurors in Austin, including his deputy chief of staff, legislative director and general counsel. Perry himself wasn't called to testify.

Perry was indicted by an Austin grand jury on felony counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. Maximum punishment on the first charge is five to 99 years in prison, and two to 10 years on the second.

The indictment comes toward the end of Perry's final term in office. In office since 2000 and already the longest-serving governor in Texas history, Perry isn't seeking re-election in November. But he was thought to be weighing a possible presidential run in 2016.

"I took into account the fact that we're talking about a governor of a state - and a governor of the state of Texas, which we all love," said Michael McCrum, the San Antonio-based special prosecutor who got the indictment. "Obviously that carries a lot of importance. But when it gets down to it, the law is the law."

McCrum said he'll meet with Perry's attorney Monday to discuss when he will come to the courthouse to be arraigned. McCrum said he doesn't know when Perry will be booked.

Accusations have flown on both sides in the legal showdown.

Perry originally said Lehmberg, who is based in Austin, should resign after her arrest. A video recording made at the jail showed Lehmberg shouting at staffers to call the sheriff, kicking the door of her cell and sticking out her tongue. Lehmberg faced pressure from other high-profile Republicans in addition to Perry to give up her post. Her blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit for driving.

Lehmberg served about half of her 45-day jail sentence but stayed in office, despite Perry's assertions that her behavior was inappropriate. The jail video led to an investigation of Lehmberg by a separate grand jury, which decided she should not be removed for official misconduct.

Her office is the same office that indicted U.S. Rep. Tom Delay as part of a finance probe.

No one disputes that Perry is allowed to veto measures approved by the Legislature, including part or all of the state budget.

However, the left-leaning Texans for Public Justice government watchdog group filed an ethics complaint accusing the governor of coercion since he threatened to use his veto before actually doing so in an attempt to pressure Lehmberg to quit.

Lehmberg oversees the office's public integrity unit, which investigates statewide allegations of corruption and political wrongdoing. Perry said he wouldn't allow Texas to fund the unit while Lehmberg remained in charge. He used his line-item veto power to remove funding for the unit from the Texas budget.

Perry and his aides say he didn't break any laws.

"The veto in question was made in accordance with the veto power afforded to every governor under the Texas Constitution, and we remain ready and willing to assist with this inquiry," spokeswoman Lucy Nashed said in April, after the grand jury was convened in the case.


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 08/16/2014 01:02 PM
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dude is a pompous ass. Basically he is charged with being stupid. Certainly he is guilty of that. Charges most likely will not stick. One of them is a big time felony, with a ton of jail time.

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 08/16/2014 02:06 PM
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Texas it's like a whole nother country...
 08/16/2014 02:31 PM
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 08/16/2014 05:02 PM
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What this guy needs is more power. He should be our president.

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 08/16/2014 08:14 PM
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Perry should just shoot her since shes that bad, okay?

 08/17/2014 08:39 AM
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I doubt the charges will stick, but his presidential run is all but dead.

I just hope the "fish killers" back him all the way to the general election.

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 08/18/2014 08:34 AM
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http://www.latimes.com/opinion...n-20140806-story.html

THis is who he is. This is what he did. He is not a good man, he is not an honest man. He is an ambitious man.

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 08/20/2014 05:04 AM
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Sour grapes.

Bogus charges.



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 08/20/2014 10:53 AM
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Central Floridave

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NO doubt that lady was drunk. She pleaded guilty to it. Probably should have lost her job over it as well. But, this story has some insight on why the political infighting:

Why Rick Perry Will Be Convicted

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...-be-co_b_5686664.html

The PIU had been investigating the Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (CPRIT), a $3 billion dollar taxpayer funded project that awarded research and investment grants to startups targeting cancer cures. The entire scientific review team, including Nobel Laureate scientists, resigned because they said millions were handed out through political favoritism. Investigations by Texas newspapers indicated much of the money was ending up in projects proposed by campaign donors and supporters of Governor Perry. In fact, one of the executives of CPRIT was indicted in the PIU investigation for awarding an $11 million dollar grant to a company without the proposal undergoing any type of review.

Perry might have been the next target.

 08/21/2014 09:36 AM
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The Perry narrative that it is a political "witch hunt" is simply BS

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 08/22/2014 10:52 AM
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And that is the dead wood.

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