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Newsreel: Rick Perry Fires Back After Indictments

This week in the Newsreel: The news this week was dominated by Gov. Rick Perry's two felony indictments.

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This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The news this week was dominated by Gov. Rick Perry. The governor was indicted last week on two felony charges that he abused the powers of his office when he threatened to veto funding for the Travis County's public integrity unit unless District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg resigned after pleading guilty to drunken driving.

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