Rick Perry cleared of abuse-of-power charges

[The Tradition]

The felony prosecution of former Texas governor Rick Perry ended Wednesday when the state's highest criminal court dismissed an abuse-of-power indictment that the Republican says hampered his short-lived 2016 presidential bid.

The 6-2 decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which is dominated by elected Republican judges, frees Perry from a long-running criminal case that blemished the exit of one of the most powerful Texas governors in history and hung over his second failed run for the White House.

A grand jury in liberal Austin had indicted Perry in 2014 for vetoing funding for a public corruption unit that Republicans have long accused of wielding a partisan ax.

The unit worked under Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, an elected Democrat. Perry wanted her to resign after she was convicted of drunken driving.


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[ottumwan in tx]

timing. timing . timing. now he can become vp. under trump. and win tx. { too bad he's clinging to cruz}

 

[THE_DEVIL]

This should have been a 7-0 decision in Perry's favor. The charge was never going to stick. From what I remember the laws for abuse of power in Texas are basically written so that the only way an abuse of power crime can be committed is if the person walks into a court room and says yes I abused my power. (and it is video recorded)