BAM!- Another Republican Goes Down as Rick Perry Is The FOCUS Of A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

[Segami]

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has lawyered up as the criminal investigation into whether he illegally withheld money from a district attorney’s office is gaining steam.


According to the American-Statesman:

Gov. Rick Perry has retained a high-profile Austin defense lawyer to represent him in a criminal investigation into whether he illegally withheld money from the Travis County district attorney’s office, the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV confirmed Sunday.

The hiring of David L. Botsford is the latest signal that the inquiry into Perry’s conduct might be gaining momentum after a seven-month investigation.


http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/rick-perry-hires-austin-lawyer-for-criminal-inquir/nfY8w/

If this case reminds you of another Republican governor who wants to run for president, but is trapped in his own web of self created scandals, it should. Perry got himself into hot water by threating to withhold $7.5 million in funding unless the Democratic Travis County DA resigned. Perry wanted her to resign after she was convicted of a DWI. The Democrat promised not to run for reelection, but refused to resign. Perry’s actions put a cloud of uncertainty over hundreds of criminal investigations and were illegal. The governor can’t withhold funding in order to pressure another elected official to resign. The matter of the DA and her DWI is an issue between her and the voters.



Gov. Perry’s actions are very similar to what Chris Christie is being accused of doing in New Jersey. Christie is accused of withholding Sandy aid, unless political favors were granted to his campaign donors. Both Christie and Perry have White House dreams in 2016, and both may be undone by their own criminal abuses of power.



http://www.politicususa.com/2014/04/14/republican-rick-perry-focus-criminal-investigation.html

[hobbit709]

1. Go, Ricky, go!

Of course, Governor Oops isn't smart enough to let his mouthpiece do the talking.

[Segami]

2. Investigations lead to more investigations....

...and maybe we'll find out what exactly did the fox say........

[lastlib]

51. Yes, Ricky, Go! Far away--back under the rock from which you slithered!

[MADem]

58. Yes, yes....go far!! Far away from public life!! Go directly to jail, for that matter!!

[bluestateguy]

3. Oh please

All you inside the MSNBC/blue state bubble will be sorely disappointed. Republicans control everything and the kitchen sink in Texas, and they are never going to be held accountable for anything in that hopeless state.

Reminds me of DU during the 2000's: "Oh boy this is it! Bush is toast now! This has legs"

Did Tom DeLay ever see the inside of a prison cell?

There you go.

[riqster]

8. I'll settle for the end of his Presidential aspirations.

[Segami]

10. +1 Yup!

[7962]

21. Which I doubt would amount to a hill of beans anyway.

I mean, did he get smarter since '08? I doubt it. HE wouldnt last through the primary. imo, of course

[riqster]

23. The weaker, the better.

I expect you're right, but he's dumb enough to not know he's dumb.

[cui bono]

57. I would have liked to see him stumble some more.

Forgot the third thing and drunk stand up comedy... maple syrup!

[Javaman]

63. he did that effectively himself...oops.

he and a snowball have the same chances in hell.

living here in Austin, I'm front row witness to the daily corruption that goes on in this state. I can't say this enough, nothing is going to happen.

the very well entrenched good old boys network will take care of that. the repuke strangle hold on this state is epic and when I say epic, I mean colossally corrupt.

influence peddling has been going on here since george w. monkeypants* was gov.

cement head perry makes the repukes a lot of illegal money. that's not going to be allowed to stop by this. in fact it will probably help him.

[riqster]

66. I hear ya. Ohio is full of corrupt Reeps as well.

Hell, we had a confessed criminal serve out his term as Governor (Bob Taft).

[DeeDeeNY]

13. You are so right

Remember when Karl Rove was going to be indicted in the Scooter Libby case?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1878849

[bpj62]

40. Became a Rat

Rove wasn't indicted because he is the one who gave Libby up to Patrick Fitzgerald. He told the truth to the grand jury and they had nothing to indict him on. That whole operation was run out of Cheney's office and that is why Cheney got so pissed when Bush didn't pardon Libby on his way out the door. I also think that Libby refused to admit that he had committed a crime so the President couldn't pardon him. Not defending Bush here at all but you have to admit to the crime in order to even be considered for a Presidential Pardon.

[Skidmore]

19. How the hell naive do you think

we are? On DU the fight began with the slimy Bush machine that crawled out of Texas and we are still fighting it.

[flamin lib]

33. Tom DeLay's sentence is being looked into.

The original jail term was dismissed because the money he laundered was a check and checks aren't technically money according to the original appeals judge. Really! The judge said that! Anyway that decision has a good chance of being overturned and he may see jail time yet. One can hope.

[AnneD]

34. I keep waiting...

for that very big open secret about Perry to hit the M$M. It has been out in the Austin area for a long time but it hasn't made national. I figured that is why he pulled his campaign last cycle. He would not have won last time if there had not been so many running for his office to split the vote.

GOP have never realized that just because you are in the 'privacy' of your car, doesn't mean we can't see through the car window.

I think Windy will mop the floor with the GOP candidate. Texas women are ticked.

[smackd]

46. yep. amazing it hasn't 'gotten out' (nm)

[AnneD]

61. We have even heard about it ....

here in Houston. But then our politicians tend to be honest and run on their merits.

[mississippi62]

52. The stories about voter suppression in Texas are outrageous

Women folk in Texas SHOULD be pissed

[txwhitedove]

59. We are. That's pretty funny coming from Mississippi where they suppressed my vote in 2004.

[mississippi62]

70. We just got voter id - it was ridiculously easy to vote in this state

What is your story txwhitedove? Were you challenged when you went to the poll in 2004?

[txwhitedove]

71. No, I was able to vote in Bay St. Louis. Had my voters card. Afterward received letter in the mail

that my vote would not count because somehow they didn't have record of me being a voter. Weird.

[mississippi62]

72. Your name was in the big blue book and you signed it

Your vote should have counted.

[txwhitedove]

60. "...hopeless state," my ass.

[AnneD]

62. I think instead of a state motto of Friendship....

it should be change to I'll kick your ass. Even our little old blue haired grannies can kick ass if they need too.

And don't mention Hopeless State to all your hard working tough skinned Blue Democrates here in Texas. They would not have folded before the opening of the ACA negotions. LBJ would have had Mitch by the short hairs and Boener's boner in his hip pocket.

[txwhitedove]

68. Exactly, thanks.

[AnneD]

69. People tend to forget.....

Texas Dems warned about Dubya and Rove, went all the way to the SCOTUS over DeLay and the under handed redistricting-and lost, and endured these many years of pRick Perry. When DeLay was at his weakest and the National Dem could have stepped in and unseated him by some well placed funding, they chose to ignore the locals.The fact that there are still Dems that are kicking and screaming says a lot about our toughness. The only national Dem leader that believed in us was Howard Dean.

These days, I focus on local elections like school boards, State Senate and Reps, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor. The Nationals are a bunch of nincompoops.

[SevenSixtyTwo]

4. Makes me wonder

How many illegal bully tactics are used and succeed that we never catch wind of. They're big on using intimidation and coercion legal or not to get their way.

[wordpix]

5. just like w/Christie, I wonder what other funds he withheld for political reasons

and dirty tricks he played. Abuse of power party is the GOP a.k.a

[Greybnk48]

6. Love, love, love this!

A twofer, Perry and Christie!

[butterfly77]

56. Now its time for..

Paul Ryan,Eric Cantor,Darryl Issa,Joe Scarborough,and that's just a start...

[Rozlee]

7. Disappointed.

It would be Christmas in April if the pol whose head on the chopping block was Gregg Abbott. But, Rick Perry will be an acceptable second choice.

[StevePaulson]

9. Perry = Republican = Innocent - Duh...

Are you kidding. Even if he did it, and it is a crime, he isn't going to jail. Jail is for poor people who commit crimes. When powerful people commit crimes, nothing happens. Welcome to BananaAmerika.

[malaise]

11. How many of them now

Christie, Walker, Perry, McCrory and don't forget ex-governors McDonnell & Rowland.

Did I miss anyone?

[underpants]

28. I could only think of two ..... Oops

[lillypaddle]

12. K&R nt

[Hip_Flask]

14. That guy made himself irrelevant, on the national stage, in the last election cycle....

Three agencies gone....!

What are they?

Oops! Just plum forgot..

Edit: Forgot the oops...

[Segami]

15. You forgot 'OOPS!'

[mc51tc]

17. Oops!

I have done it again! lol! He could not spell "dumb".

[mainstreetonce]

16. It's a setup

So no one but Jeb will be left.

[groundloop]

22. And Jeb is the one GOPer who scares me.... he just maybe could win

If the idiot brother could win/steal the White House it's not a stretch to imagine that the smarter one could do the same.

[Zen Democrat]

37. Remember is was JEB who stole Florida for Lil George. Jeb and his protege Cruella Harris.

It was rubber-stamped by Scalia's Gang of 5.

[7962]

24. And the TP, et al, dont like him. So they'll sit home and bitch while Hillary wins in a walk.

Ive seen a LOT of critics of Hillary here on DU, but by and large even those who dont want her say they'll vote for her if she is the nominee. The right is not like that. A LOT of them didnt vote for Romney and they wont vote for Bush. Then they'll blame the loss, like last time, on not having a "true conservative" candidate. Even though I cant seem to find anyone who can explain how having a MORE conservative candidate would've taken away votes from Obama.

[BrotherIvan]

31. ^^This^^

There's a reason why he's so visible lately. And going to kiss Adelson's ring was a sure sign. They wouldn't pull the big guns out for Rmoney because in truth they hate him, but they're willing to start WWIII for Jebbie because they've always loved him.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. K&R

[SoapBox]

20. ...crook and creep.

But the impotent media will claim his innocence, while screaming,

Benghazi!


GOTV 2014, 2016, 2018...you should know the drill.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. yes yes!!!!!!!!....die in your own mess,

You scumbag.

[polynomial]

26. Texas is likely loaded with alcoholics

From my view Governor Perry has the same persona as George W. Bush. We know the Bush family has been business partners with the Bin Laden family for decades but covered up by the charades in media rhetoric.

It’s clear the Bin Laden’s financed Al Qaeda all through Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which needs never ending shame if Bush is not jailed. Rick Perry in the same world disorder should be publicly condemned, as poisoning all political and business family associations. They both, Bush and Perry metastasized that pathology in medical terms, leads to a deviation from a healthy a society.

Now Governor Perry is flickering like a June bug. Showing the public neurotic mental state besides his personal hatred for implementing Health Care is as insane as the Arab wars that America peroxided to unknown amounts of illegal profiteering through the Gulf areas. Estimates are in the billions trafficked war materials through Texas during these wars all under the media veil.

After understanding the politics in Texas which often ignores the National Constitution many figure Texas doesn’t have to vote for secession, they should be thrown out of the Union.

[MoonRiver]

27. That picture: "Oops"

Brings back fond memories of Ricky's little lapse of brain power during the clown car debates!

Wonder if he'll try to blame a bad back on his fraud problem.

[Helen Borg]

29. Of course he did!!!

...

[Zorra]

30. Rec! nt

[Dopers_Greed]

32. I knew it!

Back when he announced he wasn't running again, I knew that a scandal had to be coming.

[get the red out]

35. Well, he is a Republican

What to we expect?

[Mr.Bill]

36. I'm sure he's on the phone right now with Christie

discussing the logistics of exonerating himself.

[blkmusclmachine]

38. Oops.

[czarjak]

39. Hey Rickey....I mean Gov. Mofo

Know Tom "Convicted Felon" Delay? Yeah you know Tommy. Nothing like having someone with experience to lean on.

[Blue Owl]

41. "Timmmmberrrrr...."

[Cha]

42. Wow.. another gop abuser of power.. busted!

Thank you, Segami!

[Madmiddle]

43. Republicans

never do anything that's right for anybody. If they can fuck up your life somehow, they sure as hell will do their best to see it through. Perry and the rents to high guy are on a par for intelligence.

[AverageJoe90]

44. This could affect our race for Governor, too. Wendy Davis really needs to HAMMER this, IMO.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Overseas]

47. K&R. Glad to hear it.

[geretogo]

48. No problem Ricky , just have Pat Robertson pray over you and the problem disappears .

[spanone]

49. so was tom delay, texas serves little justice to those well connected

[lastlib]

50. OOPS!

[Lodestar]

53. Interesting. Seems all the Repub. potential prez candidates are undergoing scandal.

Isn't this like the third one? Christie, and the guy caught on tape kissing the intern and now Perry (word had it he would run again)?

[SummerSnow]

54. Maybe his lawyers will write a report

and declare him innocent.lol

[butterfly77]

55. Yeah and..

http://gawker.com/5845823/rick-perrys-old-hunting-grounds-niggerhead







http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CD0QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.villagevoice.com%2Frunninscared%2F2011%2F10%2Frick_perry_niggerhead.php&ei=aapMU96yCKGMyQHojID4DA&usg=AFQjCNGkxD50d_pv0LfT5_J8jvcO3BPj-Q&bvm=bv.64764171,d.aWc

[mehrrh]

64. Premature Perry Prosecution

Don't get too excited about the prospect of Perry going down -- he is a Republican. Republicans are often forgiven by their constituents and by their party for their misdeeds.
Never mind that he is a dim-wit who should never have made it to elected office, but there he is nonetheless.

Same with Chris Christie -- what they do may be unethical, even illegal, but that doesn't mean they're going down.

Those kinds of repercussions happen more often to Democrats who are guilty of malfeasance -- Republicans defend their own, loudly and often successfully.

[Autumn]

65. Another Republican Goes Down ? Which republican has gone down?

Christie and Perry are both republicans I seriously fucking doubt either will be going down anytime soon. That's just how they roll. It might make a couple of news pages somewhere and some posts here but that's about it.

[lonestarnot]

67. K & R! So, I guess pigliCONs will become more entrenched with their beliefs in CONs now.