"AUSTIN, Tex. — With a large crowd of supporters chanting his name, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas turned himself at the Travis County courthouse on Tuesday to be booked on felony charges of abuse of power.
Mr. Perry was fingerprinted and photographed. His arraignment is scheduled for Friday, though Mr. Perry will be in New Hampshire.
“I’m here today because I believe in the rule of law,” he said. “I’m going to enter this courthouse with my head held high.”
He has called the charges politically motivated. “I’m going to fight this injustice with every fiber of my being,” he said. “And we will prevail.”
Gov. Rick Perry, addressing charges against him for the first time Saturday at the Texas Capitol, said he was confident that he would prevail.Amid Debate Over Who Overstepped, Perry Calls Indictment a ‘Farce’ AUG. 16, 2014
A Travis County grand jury indicted Mr. Perry on Friday on charges that stemmed from his efforts to force the resignation of Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County district attorney, after her arrest on a drunken-driving charge. Mr. Perry threatened to veto funding to her office unless she quit, a threat that he ultimately carried out by vetoing $7.5 million earmarked for the Public Integrity Unit that was intended to fight official corruption....
Mr. Buzbee [his lawyer] acknowledged that
the state “will pay some part of this defense” but declined to speculate on the cost of what could become a prolonged legal battle.
“Without this wrongful indictment, the taxpayers of the state of Texas would not have to pay for such a defense,” he said.
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