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Kharma Strikes again! http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/us/gov-rick-perry-of-texas-is-indicted-over-veto-of-funds-for-das-office.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0&referrer=Gov. Rick Perry of Texas was indicted on two felony counts on Friday by a state grand jury examining his handling of a local district attorney’s drunken driving arrest and the state financing for a public corruption unit under the lawyer’s control.
The indictment was returned late Friday in Austin.
The investigation centered on Mr. Perry’s veto power as governor. His critics asserted that he used that power as leverage to try to get an elected official and influential Democrat — Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney in Travis County — to step down after her arrest for drunken driving last year. Ms. Lehmberg is Austin’s top prosecutor and oversees a powerful public corruption unit that investigates state, local and federal officials; its work led to the 2005 indictment of a former Republican congressman, Tom DeLay on charges of violating campaign finance laws.
Following Ms. Lehmberg’s arrest, Mr. Perry and his aides threatened to veto $7.5 million in state dollars for the public corruption unit in her office unless she resigned. The governor followed through on his threat, vetoing the money by stating that he could not support “continued state funding for an office with statewide jurisdiction at a time when the person charged with ultimate responsibility of that unit has lost the public’s confidence.”
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...unless it was Rick Scott. |
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2014, 12:32:48 pm » |
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Pretty funny.... karma is a bitch, Perry!
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2014, 02:40:31 pm » |
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perfect timing to keep him out of a presidential run. Just goes to show that even glasses don't make you any smarter
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2014, 04:22:11 pm » |
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perfect timing to keep him out of a presidential run. Just goes to show that even glasses don't make you any smarter
I'll miss hearing his idiocy during the republican debates... |
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2014, 05:49:32 pm » |
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I'll miss hearing his idiocy during the republican debates...
I'm sure there'll be plenty of idiots to replace him. |
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