Answer me this: Am I right to think that Rick Perry’s trial may turn on whether or not it can be proven that he offered Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg a job if she would agree to resign? It seems like the allegation with the least gray area.
Just as a thought experiment, though, shouldn’t it be illegal to defund an agency that has the responsibility for investigating your office for official wrongdoing? I don’t mean reducing the budget. I mean eliminating it entirely, as Rick Perry did.
I think there’s an important distinction there, whether it turns out to be legally significant or not.
