Rick Perry Could Be Facing 109 YEARS IN PRISON After Being INDICTED For Abuse Of Power

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Aaaah,.....Did the little Texan-pin-head faw down?......................





Texas Gov. Rick Perry could be facing 109 years in prison after being indicted by a grand jury for abuse of power.



According to 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.

At the center of the issue is a complaint about intimidation stemming from Perry’s threat to veto of $3.7 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.

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: abuse of official capacity and coercion of public servant. If found guilty on the charges, Perry could be sentenced to a maximum 109 years in prison.

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

Instead of worrying about a potential 2016 presidential campaign, Perry better start thinking about avoiding prison. Unlike Chris Christie, Rick Perry was engaging in an obvious and overt abuse of power. In April, PoliticusUSA reported that Perry was the focus of a criminal investigation. Gov. Perry abused his power by trying to pressure another elected official to resign. He crossed the line when he withheld funding for the state’s Public Integrity Unit. The potential 2016 Republican candidates are dropping like flies. Scott Walker is saddled with the John Doe investigation. Chris Christie has Bridgegate, but Rick Perry is the only one of the three to go the full Bob McDonnell route and face criminal charges. (Criminal charges against Walker and Christie have not been filed yet.) Rick Perry’s Twitter account responded to the indictment by asking for money to help elect Republican candidates:

Rick Perry ✔ @GovernorPerry

Help RickPAC elect candidates who support a strong border, new jobs, smaller gov’t, and fiscal responsibility. https://cards.twitter.com/cards/b98e9/32wk …

Republican gets indicted, and he responded with a plea for money to help elect more Republican leaders who are just like him. Rick Perry is officially toast. He may still try to run for president as long as he isn’t in prison, or a convicted felon by 2016, but Perry career is officially over.







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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/15/rick-perry-facing-109-years-prison-indicted-abuse-power.html

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1. Perry's career was already over. He couldn't even beat "None of the above" in TX polls.

I'd love to see his new mailing address be in Huntsville.

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2. I predict zero.zero.zero

[mucifer]

3. The Illinois governors do significant time. I hope he does more.

blago got a 14 year sentence.

[Cha]

4. Classic Perry deer in headlights, Segami..

Enough to make the genius grumpy all over again!

Christie is just sneakier than Perry.. every bit as corrupt.

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5. What I find even funnier in that picture

Are the name cards in front.

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11. The name cards are funny.. but, that look on Perry's face makes

me laugh every time I see it.. the rest of them at the table are all getting some joke but not him. He's not only not getting it.. he's mad as hell. Epic!

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7. Pouting Perry! - Arianna looks like she's scolding Perry

like a little boy and President Obama is really enjoying it!..........

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12. "Arianna"? as in Huffington?

If so, I didn't know that.. but, she looks to me like she's smiling pretty big too.. everyone is cracking up at that table(those we can see anyway), name cards and all.. Except Perry.. he's 180 degrees in the other direction!

[randome]

8. Away from the cameras, I have no doubt Obama openly mocks these idiots.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

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13. And, in this case.. the President is

caught on camera.

[AlinPA]

6. If he stays out of prison, he will run for the Senate and win.

[99Forever]

9. I'll hold off on the victory dance for now.

When that doorknob is convicted and sitting behind bars, I'll join in. Seen too many of these scumbags walk to pretend there is any REAL justice in this nation.

[pnwmom]

10. Dream on. If convicted, the verdict will be overturned on appeal,

by the same judges who overturned Delay's conviction.

[monmouth3]

14. He will be fined, maybe. Not see a day in jail.....n/t

[metalbot]

15. I despise Perry

But I think I actually despise Rosemary Lehmberg more.

Full backstory:

Rosemary Lehmberg, a district attorney in Central Texas, was arrested for DUI. Her traffic stop was something of a disaster, and she had to be physically restrained during processing at the station. While being processed, she kept insisting that the arresting officers "Call Greg!" (referring to the local sheriff). Lehmberg pled guilty to drunk driving, and was given the option to simply serve time in jail (2 weeks, and was released after about 5 days). She was not subject to any form of probation. That's a plea bargain that she would never offer to an "ordinary" person who was arrested for DUI. Despite public pressure to resign, Lehmberg refused. Perry announced that if she did not resign, he would veto funding for her department. He followed through on that threat, which led to the abuse of power indictment.


I disagree with Perry on most things, and shudder to think about him being on a national stage, but I'm not convinced he's wrong here. He's definitely not going to prison, and I think they are going to have a really hard time with a conviction.

[Punkingal]

17. He is wrong...

He broke the law. She served some jail time at least, even if she did behave like an ass. He does not have the authority to browbeat someone into resigning by withholding funds.....hence the charge "abuse of power."

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18. snarf

A grand jury thinks otherwise.

[lpbk2713]

16. No need for a trial.

Just announce he is a typical rethuglican and be done with it.