If you’ve been listening, watching or surfing the news, you’ve probably heard that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts. The first is abuse of his official powers as governor, a charge of first degree felony. The second count is coercion of a public servant, namely Rosemary Lehmberg, the District Attorney for Travis County, a third degree felony under Texas law. There is a significant amount of factual detail contained within the grand jury’s indictment documentation, going far beyond the headlines in the news. Here are some of the underlying facts to shed some light on this complicated legal matter. Read More...
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