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Re: Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power for carrying out threat to veto prose
Harm: She was unlawfully threatened.
Does she still have her job? Yes, only because she refused to resign. Yet, the Gov. vetoed in accordance with his threat.
Was Perry under any kind of investigation by the ethics department? We don't know, maybe so.
Where is the personal harm done to the DA? Does she still have her job? Was Perry under any kind of investigation by the ethics department?
Harm: She was unlawfully threatened.
Does she still have her job? Yes, only because she refused to resign. Yet, the Gov. vetoed in accordance with his threat.
Was Perry under any kind of investigation by the ethics department? We don't know, maybe so.
The grand jury was convinced. Remember, the judge who handled the complaint is a Republican. The special prosecutor appointed was a former federal prosecutor under H.W. Bush.This is typical of you. You want it to be so therefore it is so.
Trying to get the DA to resign via threat is not an an official action taken by the member of the governing body getting a DA to resign is certainly an attempt to influence a public servant.(TEXAS) PENAL CODE
TITLE 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 36. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE
Sec. 36.03. COERCION OF PUBLIC SERVANT OR VOTER. (a) A person commits an offense if by means of coercion he:
(1) influences or attempts to influence a public servant in a specific exercise of his official power or a specific performance of his official duty or influences or attempts to influence a public servant to violate the public servant's known legal duty; or
(2) influences or attempts to influence a voter not to vote or to vote in a particular manner.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the coercion is a threat to commit a felony, in which event it is a felony of the third degree.
(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(1) of this section that the person who influences or attempts to influence the public servant is a member of the governing body of a governmental entity, and that the action that influences or attempts to influence the public servant is an official action taken by the member of the governing body. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "official action" includes deliberations by the governing body of a governmental entity.