In about five minutes, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on cable’s Comedy Network sums up the events that led to Gov. Rick Perry‘s Aug. 15 indictment on felony charges related to his threat to veto funds for the state’s public integrity unit, his booking rally, “Olan Mills quality mugshot,” and trip to the key early voting state of New Hampshire ahead of his presumed 2016 run for president.

Alana Rocha was the director of news partnerships for The Texas Tribune until June 2022. She was previously a multimedia reporter, after working in television and radio news for eight years. Alana covered...