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Trouble in Perryland

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Texas Governor Rick Perry indicted by grand jury

By Patrick Tolbert and Eric Janzen
Published: August 15, 2014, 5:23 pm

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A grand jury has handed up an indictment against Gov. Rick Perry in connection with the investigation into an effort to force Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign.

Read the Indictment
The Texas Governor was indicted on counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant.

At the center of the issue is a complaint about intimidation stemming from Perry’s threat to veto of $7.5 million in state funding to the Public Integrity Unit run by Lehmberg’s office. The threat came after she pleaded guilty to drunk driving and served a 45-day sentence; Perry called on her to step down but she refused to resign her position. Perry then vetoed the funding for the PIU.

The first count , abuse of official capacity, says the Governor misused government property by threatening to defund the Travis County Public Integrity Unit in June of last year after District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested for drunk driving.

The second count says Governor Perry misused his power by trying to coerce Lehmberg to resign or face the state pulling its funding from the Public Integrity Unit.

A grand jury was called to determine whether or not Perry broke the law when he threatened to veto the funding. As a result they issued indictments on two felony charges. If found guilty on the charges, Perry could be sentenced to a maximum 109 years in prison.

An indictment indicates the grand jury believes the state has a strong enough case to send to trial and is not a finding of guilt.
Special prosecutor Michael McCrum oversaw the presentation to the grand jury who has been meeting on and off this summer and returned the indictment Friday afternoon.

“The first count of abuse of official capacity; It basically charges that on the day of the veto in 2013 that Governor Perry intentionally or knowingly misused government property that had come into his custody or control,” McCrum said Friday afternoon.

McCrum told reporters that he plans to meet with Perry’s attorneys on Monday.

Perry will have to surrender to the Travis County Jail where he will likely be processed with what’s known as a walk-through booking. He will be fingerprinted and have a mugshot taken. It is not clear yet when the governor may turn himself in. It is a similar procedure as when two University of Texas football players were brought in on sexual assault charges.

Criminal defense attorney and special counsel to the governor, David Botsford released a statement saying the indictment is an example of abuse of political power.

“I am outraged and appalled that the Grand Jury has taken this action, given the governor’s constitutional right and duty to veto funding as he deems appropriate. This clearly represents political abuse of the court system and there is no legal basis in this decision. The facts of this case conclude that the governor’s veto was lawful, appropriate and well within the authority of the office of the governor. Today’s action, which violates the separation of powers outlined in the Texas Constitution, is nothing more than an effort to weaken the constitutional authority granted to the office of Texas governor, and sets a dangerous precedent by allowing a grand jury to punish the exercise of a lawful and constitutional authority afforded to the Texas governor.”
Perry’s office released a statement from his official counsel about an hour after his indictment saying:

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


Earlier Friday, Perry released the following statement celebrating Texas job growth:

“The only thing hotter than a Texas summer is Texas job growth, adding nearly 50,000 jobs in July. Every major industry in Texas added jobs meaning the diversity of our workforce is strong with opportunities for employers to hire good workers, and for workers to find jobs enabling them to meet the needs of their families.”
The Public Integrity Unit has three divisions; one looks at insurance fraud, for example, someone selling fake insurance policies. Another handles tax fraud involving motor fuels or businesses not paying gasoline taxes. The third division takes on accusations of fraud against state programs as well as accusations of corruption by politicians or other public officials.

Calls for resignation

Shortly after the indictment was announced, Gilberto Hinojosa, president of the Texas Democratic Party, released a statement calling for the Governor to step down.

“We call on Governor Perry to immediately step down from office,” he said.”Texans deserve real leadership and this is unbecoming of our Governor.”

Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro, who represents the San Antonio area, tweeted calling for Perry’s resignation.

http://kxan.com/2014/08/15/texas-governor-rick-perry-indicted-by-grand-jury/
 

Whitewing

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:lol:

I've been doing other stuff tonight but when I saw this story on Drudge I wondered if the old blind hog had come across this acorn yet.

You never disappoint fatman. And you know, for someone who's really quite conservative, you sure never miss a chance to take a shot at the right.

If I was a cynic, which I'm not...............
 

Whitewing

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Ah dammit OT, now see what you've done. After further review I'm going to have to apologize for being so hard on you. I see now that you were simply defending one of your own......a fat, ugly, drunk, donk politician.

Driving with a 0.23 alcohol content :lol:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF9WGKnhXdE
 

Brad S

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I'd welcome a public discussion with Castro about the hypocricy of calling for Perry to step down and supporting Obama through real scandals.

Castro is the next commie scheme.
 
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Whitewing said:
:lol:

I've been doing other stuff tonight but when I saw this story on Drudge I wondered if the old blind hog had come across this acorn yet.

You never disappoint fatman. And you know, for someone who's really quite conservative, you sure never miss a chance to take a shot at the right.

If I was a cynic, which I'm not...............


Whitey I just know how fair and impartial folks like you, Hoppy, and Hyppy want to be-- but your cultist imprinting/brainwashing won't allow you to bring up anything against your cult leaders...
So I thought I should help you out- so both sides of the story get brought up..

A citizens Grand Jury Indictment- don't all rightwingernuts believe that is the purest form of law and means of bringing forth charges :???: :wink:
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Whitewing said:
:lol:

I've been doing other stuff tonight but when I saw this story on Drudge I wondered if the old blind hog had come across this acorn yet.

You never disappoint fatman. And you know, for someone who's really quite conservative, you sure never miss a chance to take a shot at the right.

If I was a cynic, which I'm not...............


Whitey I just know how fair and impartial folks like you, Hoppy, and Hyppy want to be-- but your cultist imprinting/brainwashing won't allow you to bring up anything against your cult leaders...
So I thought I should help you out- so both sides of the story get brought up..

A citizens Grand Jury Indictment- don't all rightwingernuts believe that is the purest form of law and means of bringing forth charges :???: :wink:

If he broke the law then toss the book at him. I've got no problem with that.

I'm sure you feel the same about that disaster of a president you helped put in office, right?

BTW, did you climax when you saw the story? Tell the truth now.
 

Whitewing

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It's too late here and I'm too tired to go through the motions, but a screenshot of her splayed out in the back of that cop car or strapped in the chair posted alongside that pic of the beedy eyed liar walrus in the boat would make a great comparison.
 

loomixguy

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This is reminiscent of when the head of the Nebraska State Liquor Commission got nailed for drunk driving. He vowed to fight it, but thought better of it and resigned, took his retirement and his lumps, and faded away.

Hey, WW...that picture of the pig eyed guy in the boat....he's holding a mug in his hand, and with that look in those beady little eyes, how drunk do you suppose he is in that picture? My guess is at least twice the legal limit.
 

Mike

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Ol' Hawg-Eye brought this up to make Perry look bad?

Hell, they ought to give Perry the highest "Statesmanship" award/trophy possible for trying to get rid of a slug like this Lehmberg ho.

I don't understand, could there possibly be some partisanship involved here? :roll:
 

Brad S

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First, us extremists support principles not people, in stark contrasts to those Obama apologists.

Us crazies know that a little venue shopping in tx will easily get you a worthless indictment, and that's a long way from proven guilty.

Perry isn't the leader of us crazies, but the socialists hate him because of the juxtaposition he presents between freedom and tyranny. I (speaking for the crazies) guess I like him the more Texas makes California look like ...well, Kaliforngjjiea.


Guilty or not, a dishonest feeb might be able to convince himself that this diversion contributes to the battle of ideas. It doesn't. There is a real battle of ideas to be waged, but ask yourself when OT and the left ever engaged with ideas. This thread is to slur perry and by extension conservative IDEAS.
OT, only a very stupid man thinks slurring somebody logically attacks an argument.


There, all this thread and nothing about free will or tyranny vs freedom or why the tenth amendment is the law and worth fighting for. OT, your posts discredit humanity
 

jigs

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you guys need to back off of Old Timer... have you not seen the news where the truck wrecked, and the Valley County liquor store has done ran out?? poor bastard is slurping cough syrup like crazy trying to keep his normal buzz on.....

hard to stay drunk when you get ousted from the Sherriff position and can no longer get those under the table bribes.....
 

Whitewing

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Mike said:
Ol' Hawg-Eye brought this up to make Perry look bad?

Hell, they ought to give Perry the highest "Statesmanship" award/trophy possible for trying to get rid of a slug like this Lehmberg ho.

I don't understand, could there possibly be some partisanship involved here? :roll:

Well, one thing we know as sure as the sun rises in the east. If this all gets tossed as nothing more than a political stunt on the part of Perry's donk opponents, OldSnootFull will be here complaining about the waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

:lol:
 

Steve

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Whitewing said:
Ah dammit OT, now see what you've done. After further review I'm going to have to apologize for being so hard on you. I see now that you were simply defending one of your own......a fat, ugly, drunk, donk politician.

Driving with a 0.23 alcohol content :lol:

165453_512692605456585_32234824_n-300x189.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF9WGKnhXdE

like some on here,.. they Grand jury would not have know the facts behind the veto threat..

they would only see the facts the partisan hack prosecutor wanted them to see..


The grand jury operates in secrecy and the normal rules of evidence do not apply. The prosecutor runs the proceedings and no judge is present. Defense lawyers are not allowed to be present in the grand jury room and cannot present evidence.

The prosecutor and the grand jury members may not reveal what occurred in the grand jury room and witnesses cannot obtain a transcript of their testimony.

How Has the Grand Jury Been Misused?

Because of their broad subpoena powers and secretive nature, grand juries have been used by the government to gather information on political movements and to disrupt those movements by causing fear and mistrust.

sadly,.. it is one accusing a person of abuse of power.. a bit hypocritical on the part of the prosecutor.. if you ask me...
 

Steve

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Let see,..

Christie.. gone..

Perry,.. getting set up for a hatchet job..

who is next.. Ted Cruz,.. Rand Paul.. ?

way to early to see a pattern.. but is the left using the justice department to take out who they fear as a viable candidate against themselves.. ?
 

Mike

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DAVID AXELROD, THE former political advisor for President Obama, calls the abuse of power indictment leveled against Texas Gov. Rick Perry 'pretty sketchy,' becoming the top Democrat to criticize the charges, while joining Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz in questioning them.
 

Whitewing

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Mike said:
DAVID AXELROD, THE former political advisor for President Obama, calls the abuse of power indictment leveled against Texas Gov. Rick Perry 'pretty sketchy,' becoming the top Democrat to criticize the charges, while joining Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz in questioning them.

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71669

:D
 

Mike

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Whitewing said:
Mike said:
DAVID AXELROD, THE former political advisor for President Obama, calls the abuse of power indictment leveled against Texas Gov. Rick Perry 'pretty sketchy,' becoming the top Democrat to criticize the charges, while joining Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz in questioning them.

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71669

:D

You know dang well he can't march!!!!! It's more of a "Waddle". :lol:
 
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