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On August 15, 2014, Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury, but has since been cleared on all charges. [1] [2] [3] The first charge of the indictment was abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit, a state public corruption ...
Apr 14, 2017 · Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted Friday on charges of abuse of power—a first degree felony—and coercion—a third degree felony. The charges stem from a 2013 scandal that has been quietly...
Apr 1, 2023 · One of the most recent presidential candidates to run while under indictment was Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, who sought the Republican nomination in the 2016 election. Eric...
- Richard Fausset
Feb 24, 2016 · Perry, a two-time former GOP presidential candidate, was indicted by a grand jury in August 2014 after he first threatened and then carried out a veto that defunded a statewide public integrity...
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- Sophie Tatum
Feb 24, 2016 · The state’s highest criminal court has dismissed the remaining indictment against former Gov. Rick Perry related to a 2013 veto threat, likely bringing an end to a legal saga that loomed over...
Aug 16, 2014 · Aug 16, 2014 6:13 PM EST. By — PBS NewsHour. Leave your feedback. Transcript Audio. One day after a grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts, charging that he abused the...
Feb 24, 2016 · Texas' top appeals court has dismissed the remaining felony abuse-of-power charge against former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The Court of Criminal Appeals also upheld a lower court's ruling...
