Court Dismisses Final Charge Against Rick Perry

Published February 24, 2016 7:37pm ET



A Texas appeals court has dismissed the remaining criminal charge that a grand jury brought against former Texas governor Rick Perry in 2014.

The state’s Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that Perry was within his bounds in 2013 when he threatened and ultimately vetoed money to a state office run by an official who had been convicted of driving while intoxicated. A Travis County grand jury later indicted Perry on counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public official. A lower court tossed out the latter charge last summer. The criminal court ended the 18-month saga once and for all Wednesday.

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