Mr. Perry has been charged with two felony counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant, which together could carry a maximum sentence of more than 100 years in prison. He is the first sitting Texas governor in nearly a century to be indicted.
The indictment, returned by a Travis County grand jury on Friday, stemmed from Mr. Perry’s efforts to force the resignation of Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County district attorney, after her arrest on a drunken-driving charge. Mr. Perry threatened to veto funding to her office unless she quit, a threat that he ultimately carried out by vetoing $7.5 million earmarked for the Public Integrity Unit that was intended to fight official corruption.
Mr. Perry has called the charges an “outrageous” political attack. See Video HERE
Mr. Perry has called the charges an “outrageous” political attack. See Video HERE
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