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(Travis County Sheriff’S Office)
Governor Rick Perry of Texas has been booked on abuse of power charges.
The Republican, who is mulling a second presidential run in 2016, was indicted after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors.
Perry has denied the charges and plans to fight them.