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Texas v. Perry Emerges From Years of Struggle Over Anticorruption Unit
AUSTIN, Tex. — The trail to Rick Perry’s indictment began with way too many drinks and a drunken-driving arrest for Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County district attorney, that was captured in embarrassing detail on videotape.
But the conflict between Republicans who control state government and the Democratic district attorney’s office has been playing out for years, forming a complicated back story to the unfolding legal drama known as the State of Texas v. James Richard “Rick” Perry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/us/texas-v-perry-emerges-from-layers-of-political-turmoil.html?emc=edit_th_20140827&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=63085245
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