Booking photo of Texas Governor Rick Perry released a few minutes ago. The charges have ties in Four Points, that is where District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested for driving drunk. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry has been booked on two felony counts of abuse of power for carrying out a threat to veto funding to state public corruption prosecutors. Perry, who is mulling a second presidential run in 2016, turned himself in Tuesday at the Travis County courthouse. He vowed hed fight the charges with every fiber of my being. The Republican is accused of coercion and official oppression for publicly promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit run by the Travis County district attorneys office. Perry threatened to veto the funding if District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg didnt resign after a drunken driving conviction. Lehmberg refused, and Perry carried out the veto, drawing an ethics complaint. Perry was indicted last week by an Austin grand jury. Hes called the case a political ploy.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 22:47:16 +0000