ROSEMARY LEHMBERG BOOKING FOOTAGE FROM TRAVIS COUNTY JAIL
In a move that might complicate Rick Perry's 2016 presidential
ambitions, a grand jury in Texas has just indicted the long-time
governor on two charges related to his effort last year to force District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign after her drunken driving arrest. Lehmberg
[pictured], the first woman and first openly gay District Attorney in
Travis County, runs the state’s Public Integrity Unit (PIU) which is
charged with investigating wrongdoing by state officials. After her
arrest and guilty plea for a drunk driving incident in April 2013, Perry
called on her to resign and threatened to withhold $7.2 million in
state money from the PIU if she refused.
Lehmberg refused and Perry carried through with his veto threat.
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