Travis DA’s Drunken-Driving Arrest Riled Perry; Others’ Didn’t

[Purveyor]

By CHRISTY HOPPE

Austin Bureau

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Published: 19 August 2014 11:42 PM

Updated: 19 August 2014 11:55 PM
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AUSTIN — Rick Perry was outraged at the spectacle of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg’s drunken-driving arrest last year. But he didn’t feel that strongly when two other district attorneys faced the same charges under similar circumstances.

In those cases, he said and did nothing.

There were differences, chiefly that Perry had leverage over Lehmberg, whose office contains the state-funded Public Integrity Unit. As the governor builds his defense against felony coercion and abuse of power charges partly around concerns about Lehmberg’s behavior, Democrats are pointing to the two previous cases as a sign that the governor had other motives.

“The key difference was that one of the DAs was investigating his administration for corruption and the other two DAs weren’t,” said Democratic strategist Jason Stanford.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20140819-travis-das-drunken-driving-arrest-riled-perry-others-didnt.ece

[Cha]

1. Aha! File this under.. there's more to this story!

[SunSeeker]

2. There is definitely more to this story.

Although the indictment doesn’t mention it, the Public Integrity Unit is investigating a scandal involving the $3 billion Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, a fund close to the governor’s office that suffered from cronyism and lax oversight. The Public Integrity Unit indicted one CPRIT official in December for deceiving his colleagues and awarding an $11 million grant to a Dallas biotech firm without a proper vetting. http://www.texasobserver.org/pundits-dont-get-rick-perry-indictment/

[Cha]

3. Thank you, Sunseeker! Be nice if ol Perry could get convicted of something.. sounds like he's up

up to his eyeballs in it..

"For those of you who’ve been sleeping since it happened Friday, Travis County grand jurors indicted Perry on charges of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. The first count carries a possible prison term of five to 99 years. The second, two to 10. I’m no expert on law or math, but I believe those potential sentences each exceed one year."

As of now he can't carry..

Herman: Indicted Gov. Rick Perry can’t carry concealed gun or buy ammo

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025415973

[LloydS of New London]

4. BAM!

Rec