The Right Scoop: The headlines rang out Friday night that Governor Rick Perry was indicted in Texas for coercion and abuse of power. But not all is at it seems.

◼ Texas Gov. Rick Perry is indicted, accused of abusing his power - LA Times

...Travis County Dist. Atty. Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested last year on drunken-driving charges. She turned belligerent after police stopped her, and a videotape of her aggressive behavior in custody was widely circulated in the Texas media.

Perry threatened to veto $7.5 million in funding for the public corruption unit in Lehmberg’s office unless she stepped down, saying he could not support continued funding “for an office with statewide jurisdiction at a time when the person charged with ultimate responsibility for that unit has lost the public’s confidence."

Lehmberg served a jail sentence of about three weeks but refused to quit, and Perry followed through on his veto threat.

A left-leaning government watchdog group filed a complaint against Perry, which resulted in the appointment of a special prosecutor, who presented his case to the Austin grand jury....

Even before her arrest and conviction, Henson said, “the Travis County District Attorney’s Office was seen by detractors as a tool for liberals to prosecute Republicans.”

Lehmberg, who remains in office, had no immediate comment on the indictment.

◼ Here’s the UGLY DUI video of the District Attorney that Rick Perry got INDICTED over - The Right Scoop

From CNN:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, was indicted Friday on felony charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity.

The two counts against Perry, a Republican, stem from his threat to veto funding for a public integrity unit run by Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she resigned, the special prosecutor in the case, Michael McCrum, said.

But the reason he was trying to get Lehmberg to resign was because she was arrested for a driving drunk, which should have caused her to leave office herself:



◼ Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted for alleged abuse of veto power: More Texas political games, or the real thing? We analyze. - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion

◼ FYI: The charges against Rick Perry were brought forth by "Texans for Public Justice". - Ulsterman

This is a far left group funded in part by George Soros, the Rockefellers, etc. This same group attempted the very same thing against G. W. Bush in 2000. This time though, they were better prepared, even better funded, and apparently, even more motivated to crush Rick Perry. The ultimate goal is not to prevent Rick Perry from running for president, but rather to turn Texas blue and secure every national election from that point on....

◼ Democrats indict Gov Perry (R) for trying to clean up anti-corruption unit. Gov Cuomo (D) is free after disbanding anti-corruption unit. If we want to talk about fairness, let's talk about the Democratic Party's attempt to illegally damage Republicans. - Ali A. Akbar

DRUDGE:
Texas' Perry indicted for coercion over veto threat?
Demanded drunk official step down...
VIDEO: Rosemary gets Revenge!
Jailers had to restrain...
Perry Lawyer: 'Political abuse of court system'...