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TexasTowelie

(112,257 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 12:01 AM Sep 2013

Grand jury to consider cases against Perry, Lehmberg

A visiting state district judge began convening a special grand jury Wednesday to consider two possible criminal cases stemming from the April drunken driving arrest of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.

The 12-member panel with two alternates, which may be seated as early as Friday, will help determine whether Gov. Rick Perry broke any law when he threatened to veto millions of dollars in state funding to Lehmberg’s office unless she resigned.

The grand jury will also help determine whether Lehmberg violated any state laws, including those concerning obstruction, resulting from her behavior in the Travis County Jail immediately after her arrest.

The grand jury will meet, hear evidence and deliberate in private. It can issue indictments or can decide criminal court action isn’t merited.

More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/grand-jury-to-consider-cases-against-perry-lehmber/nZm8P/ .

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Grand jury to consider cases against Perry, Lehmberg (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2013 OP
Weird that the two cases are connected malokvale77 Sep 2013 #1
Juanita Jean has some good comments on this grand jury Gothmog Sep 2013 #2

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
1. Weird that the two cases are connected
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 01:03 AM
Sep 2013

But, I would really like to see Perry brought down.

We pay this asshole way to much. I wish I had his "pensions".
I should have just pulled myself up by my bootstraps.

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