Gov. Rick Perry claimed that the court must dismiss the indictment against him in an Aug. 25 application for pretrial writ of habeas corpus.
The first count of the indictment in Texas v. Perry alleges that the governor committed abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code §39.02 in June 2013 by misusing government property, contrary to his oath of office as a public servant, while intending to harm Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg and her office’s public integrity unit. The second count in the indictment alleges that Perry committed coercion of a public servant under penal code §36.03 by threatening to veto funding for the public integrity unit unless Lehmberg resigned.
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