MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show August 16, 2014
Republican governor, rick perry. Hes charged with two felony counts of abuse of power. The technical charges are abuse of official capacity and also coercion of a public servant. If convicted of these felonies, governor perry faces a maximum prison term of ten years for the coercion charge, and a range of five years to 99 years for the other felony charge. Now, these charges center on rick perrys public efforts to remove from office a democratic elected state official in texas. That democrat is named Rosemary Lehmberg. Shes the District Attorney for tav Travis County, texas, where the state ca...