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2014-08-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Texas' Perry Charged With Coercion For Veto Threat

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 he threatened to use his veto before actually doing so......

Something the Champ does on a near daily basis.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-16 02:19|| 2014-08-16 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 So the basic mechanisms of checks&balances are now indictable offenses?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-08-16 03:05|| 2014-08-16 03:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Article leaves out that Perry was trying to force Lemerg to quit after being arrested for DUI. DA Lemberg refused, so Perry vetod Budger. Google for the video of her 0.238 Alcohol DUI arrest. She was abusive and had to be placed in restraints. Rather important facts they excluded

This is her revenge.

And FYI, that indictment of Tom DeLay ended up being tossed out as prosecutorial abuse.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-16 07:01|| 2014-08-16 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like politics, doesn't it? Its all so mysterious.

Something to do with drunks and Lawyers.

Posted by Big Thromoth3646 2014-08-16 07:48|| 2014-08-16 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, yes. Once again, Welcome to The People's Republic of Travis County.
This highlights some of the things wrong with the Texas state grand jury system, but anything they do to try to fix it would likely make it worse. (Aside from a neutron bomb.)

Posted by ed in texas 2014-08-16 08:11|| 2014-08-16 08:11|| Front Page Top

#6 I saw the dash cam of her sobriety testing. It wasn't pretty. She had difficulty following instructions, the nystagmus test, and balance. She staggered when not performing the tests. She was also threatening. She said: "You have not heard the end of this." Her booking was also a gem. The police ended up restraining her. She is a Democrat.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-16 12:35|| 2014-08-16 12:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Perry has a right to veto. Perry also has a right to preface the veto with why he is doing so, even though he is not required to do so.

Perry has been indicted by a special prosecutor answering to Lehmberg, for trying to restore the Public Integrity Unit’s image.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-16 13:02|| 2014-08-16 13:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Just like ex gov Palin, tie em up in court to neutralize them. The issue is not the issue.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-08-16 14:18|| 2014-08-16 14:18|| Front Page Top

#9 I fantasize being called up to serve on a Grand Jury for some such political hatchet job and returning a bill against the prosecutor for barratry and abuse of power...

Posted by Gleating Stalin9879 2014-08-16 15:04|| 2014-08-16 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 The "indictment" itself seems illegal. Very creative.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-16 15:27|| 2014-08-16 15:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Barratry in Texas is a misdemeanor for the first offense. It would be much better to go after the prosecutor with the anti SLAPP statute.

Signed into law by...Gov. Perry.

Posted by Sonny Glarong6820 2014-08-16 18:37|| 2014-08-16 18:37|| Front Page Top

#12 At some point they should disbar people who pull these kind of legal shenanigans.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-08-16 19:59|| 2014-08-16 19:59|| Front Page Top

#13 On the Federal leverl unethical Dems who oversee ethics panels protect unethical Dems and unethically go after Republicans. Lehmberg is just doing what Dems do. But she is about see real that you "Don't Mess with Texas". If she is sober enough...

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-08-16 20:24|| 2014-08-16 20:24|| Front Page Top

#14

Posted by Jerkface Killa 2014-08-16 23:04|| 2014-08-16 23:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, ferchrissakes - I thought this assh@le got banned. >:-(

Posted by Barbara 2014-08-16 23:14|| 2014-08-16 23:14|| Front Page Top

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