Texas Gov. Perry’s team will ask judge to end case

By Paul Weber

Published August 22, 2014 6:28pm ET

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney for Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday that he will ask a judge to dismiss criminal charges alleging that the possible 2016 presidential candidate abused his power with a veto last summer.

Those intentions are unsurprising given that Perry has emphatically rejected two felony indictments handed up by a grand jury in Austin last week. He has pleaded not guilty and called the charges a political ploy.

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