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Rick Perry indicted: Texas governor defiant as he gets mug shot, booked in abuse of power case

Dan Weisman   |

Aug 19, 2014 09:00 PM EDT

Declaring on Aug. 19, 2014 he would "fight this injustice with every fiber of my being," embattled Texas Gov. Rick Perry stood on the Travis County Courthouse steps and spoke before going inside to have his mug shot taken. Perry was indicted by a local grand jury two weeks ago at the same courthouse of two felony counts of abuse of power. and coercion of a public servant. He turned himself into authorities at 3:05 p.m. CT on Tuesday,