A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday [my day off] for allegedly abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption.
A special prosecutor spent months calling witnesses and presenting evidence that Perry broke the law when he promised publicly to nix $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg's office. It's the same office that indicted U.S. Rep. Tom Delay as part of a finance probe.Several top aides to the Governor appeared before grand jurors in Austin, including his deputy chief of staff, legislative director and general counsel.
Lehmberg[D] oversees the office's public integrity unit, which investigates statewide allegations of corruption and political wrongdoing. Perry said he wouldn't allow Texas to fund the unit while Lehmberg remained in charge.
An investigation of Lehmberg by a separate grand jury, decided she should not be removed for official misconduct [Drunk Driving ].
Lehmberg served 45-day jail sentence but stayed in office, despite Perry's assertions that her behavior was inappropriate.
If there is no public corruption in Texas, or there is??????????
Just a thought.
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