The indictment of former Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) on two felony charges appears to have collapsed. From AP's
The Big Story:
Texas' highest criminal court tossed the second and final felony charge against former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, likely ending a case the Republican says helped sink his short-lived 2016 presidential bid.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the abuse-of-power charge, which was filed after Perry threatened - and then carried out - a veto of state funding for a group of public corruption prosecutors after the Democratic head of the unit refused to resign.
A lower appeals court dismissed the other charge, coercion by a public servant, in July.
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