Texas governor pleads not guilty to abuse of power charges

[JURIST] Texas Governor Rick Perry [official website] on Wednesday pleaded not guilty [waiver of arraignment, PDF] to two felony charges for abuse of power [indictment, PDF]. The jury charged Perry with abusing his power [JURIST report] to intimidate former District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to step down from her position in response to her pleading guilty to a drinking and driving charge. Perry threatened to veto $7.4 million in state funding to the Travis County Public Integrity Unit, an initiative that...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/08/texas-governor-pleads-not-guilty-to-abuse-of-power-charges.php

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