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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCourt Says Perry Must Face Abuse of Power Charges
An appeals court on Friday rejected one of the criminal counts against former Gov. Rick Perry but said he must face the other one in the abuse-of-power case against him, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Perry was indicted by a grand jury in 2014 after being accused of abusing his veto power to try to force out the Democratic Travis County district attorney in the wake of her messy drunken-driving arrest. The former governor, who is running for the GOP nomination for president, repeatedly failed in efforts get the indictment dismissed by state Judge Bert Richardson. He took his case to the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin.
http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Appeals-court-rejects-one-criminal-count-against-6403229.php
http://politicalwire.com/2015/07/24/court-says-perry-must-face-abuse-of-power-charges/
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Court Says Perry Must Face Abuse of Power Charges (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2015
OP
Someone take a screen shot, for posterity. "Republican may actually receive justice"
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
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AllFieldsRequired
(489 posts)1. Someone take a screen shot, for posterity. "Republican may actually receive justice"
TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)3. Maybe he will get his before the bugman n/t
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. Yes! Time to get ice cream!
Every time a Republican gets busted, I get ice cream. I think we've got chocolate in the fridge!