Rick Perry criminal case can proceed, judge rules [View all]
Source: Austin American-Statesman
A state district judge refused to throw out the criminal charges against Gov. Rick Perry, ruling Tuesday that special prosecutor Michael McCrum had been properly appointed to the case.
Perry’s legal team argued that the charges must be voided because special prosecutor Michael McCrum did not properly take his oath of office when he began working on the governor’s case, negating every act performed over the past 15 months — including the indictment accusing Perry of abusing the powers of his office.
Senior District Judge Bert Richardson disagreed.
“This court concludes that Mr. McCrum’s authority was not voided by the procedural irregularities in how and when the oath of office … was administered,” Richardson’s order said.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/judge-declines-to-toss-out-gov-perry-charges/nh9kk/
Gov. Rick Perry — flanked by his lawyers Tony Buzbee, right, and David Botsford, left — appeared in an Austin courtroom earlier this month to challenge the criminal charges against him.
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