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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOops! Rick Perry does it again, can’t remember his two felony charges
Texas governor travels to New Hampshire, dreaming of 2016, and incorrectly says he was indicted for "bribery"BRAD FRIEDMAN
Speaking to business leaders in New Hampshire on Friday, where Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry believes hes running for President in 2016, he was asked about the two-count felony indictment filed by a grand jury against him last week. As ABC News tells the story:
Perry was a little unclear when explaining what felony charges were issued against him.Ive been indicted by that same body now for I think two counts, one of bribery, which Im not a lawyer, so I dont really understand the details here, Perry said of the grand jury that indicted him.
A grand jury indicted Perry last week on two felony counts abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public official over a 2013 veto threat.
A grand jury indicted Perry last week on two felony counts abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public official over a 2013 veto threat.
Its really not that complicated. The indictment was only two pages. Im not an attorney, and I couldnt tell you how strong the case against him is at this point. Some legal experts describe it as weak at best or otherwise questionably Constitutional, even as local Texas reporters in paper after paper insist the charges are far more serious than how they are being portrayed by national media. But, without going into the specifics of the case, for now, even I can read a two-page indictment and see that it has nothing to do with bribery.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/08/22/oops_rick_perry_does_it_again_cant_remember_his_two_felony_charges/
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Oops! Rick Perry does it again, can’t remember his two felony charges (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2014
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cheyanne
(733 posts)1. I've seen that rumor of a charge of bribery on the net.
Seems people think that besides threatening Lehnberg, Perry may have also offered her a bribe to resign. But if the grand jury didn't include it as a separate charge, they must not have had much evidence.
I wonder if there couldn't have been a charge of obstructing justice for closing down the PUI basically.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)2. Sometimes I think he's dumber than W...
And I didn't think that possible.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)3. R&K, bwah-ha-HAH! A Freudian slip!1 Or, from the mouths of babes!1 Or... n/t
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)4. His defense...
"I don't pay bribes, I collect them."
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)5. For some reason the righties loves them
some morans.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)6. Very Reaganesque.