Texas’ Rick Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat

By Will Weissert

Published August 15, 2014 11:12pm ET

Texas’ Rick Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption â making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) | Tony Gutierrez

AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state’s first indicted governor in nearly a century.