Rick Perry
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dropped charges of abuse of power against former governor Rick Perry on Wednesday.
Perry had been indicted in August 2014 by a grand jury for defunding a public integrity outfit as part of his fight against a district attorney he was trying to force from office because of her driving under the influence conviction. The district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, refused to leave and instead fought back.
Perry was originally indicted on two charges, one of which was tossed by a court in July. Just this week, he was cleared of the second charge as well.
“Appeals court clears @GovernorPerry of all charges,” a tweet from his staffers read, CNN found. “Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. #StandWithRick.”
Perry, who served as governor of Texas for 15 years, was the state’s longest serving executive.
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He also ran twice, unsuccessfully, for president.
Perry’s charges stemmed from 2013 when he attempted to force Lehmberg from her office via his veto authority to defund her Public Integrity Unit. Perry was seeking her departure from office because she was arrested and convicted of driving while intoxicated. After she refused to leave office, Perry used his veto power to cut her agency’s $7.5 million in the state budget.
He was then accused of improperly using his veto power and of wrongfully trying to coerce a public official.
“It was a long time coming,” said Perry’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, in the Statesman. “This case should have never be brought and I’m glad the court put its foot down and ended it. It is troubling when a non-elected ‘special prosecutor’ can obtain an indictment and then pursue it in front of the very judge that appointed him. I said all along this case was foolishness and would be dismissed.”
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