Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Twitter account on Sunday posted a status mocking a Democratic District Attorney that Perry tried to remove from power resulting in his indictment for alleged abuse of power. Perry's account quickly took down the tweet with the governor apologizing without saying who had posted the "unauthorized" material.

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The tweet, modeled after a beer company's "Most Interesting Man in the world" campaign displayed  a mock photo of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who admitted to driving drunk in April 2013. The unflattering image was accompanied by a caption joking how she indicts Perry for calling her out each time she drives drunk.

"I don't always drive drunk at 3x the legal blood limit," the tweet said, according to the Houston Chronicle, "but when I do, I indict Gov.Perry for calling me out about it. I am the most drunk Democrat in Texas."

Perry, a Republican and undeclared candidate for the 2016 presidential race, quickly took down the disparaging tweet. He subsequently released a statement disavowing the post. He said the deleted post was "unauthorized" and he does not condone the content of that tweet, according to Fox News.

All those tweets came from the verified account of the Texas governor. The Twitter account in question is known to be updated frequently. Sometimes, Perry uses it to update his followers about his next campaigns and recent activities.

The name of the person responsible for the posts has yet to be revealed.

Perry blocked US$7.5 million worth of state funds requested by the Public Integrity Unit, a unit that prosecutes corruption in Texas and is operated by Lehmberg's office. This action drew led to a grand jury investigation.

A Republican state judge assigned San Antonio special prosecutor Michael McCrum to lead the probe into Perry's case.

An Austin grand jury indicted Perry on Aug. 15. The indictment said Perry threatened to veto funds for Lemberg's office's Public Integrity Unit should she not resign. He was charged with two felony counts. One count alleged "coercion of a public servant," whole the other alleged "abuse of official capacity."

Perry responded to the indictment by entering a "not guilty" plea and said the charges against him were politically motivated. His legal team also sought to dismiss the indictment, explaining that the action was unlawful.

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