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Stocks Rebound After Trump Backs Off European Tariffs
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Stocks in the U.S. stabilized on Wednesday after an earlier slump had
spilled into markets in Asia and Europe, ending a period of relative calm.
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WHAT Kind of a JUSTIFICATION as in what justice are getting REALISTICALLY, ... "We don't settle political differences with indictments in this country," Perry told reporters outside his office in the Texas Capitol. "It is outrageous that someone would use political theatrics to rip away at the very fabric of our state's constitution."
Perry, the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted, again dismissed the charges as nakedly political and said he would not hesitate to execute a veto under the same circumstances again.
"The details of my decision-making were very clear. I said early on that I was going to clearly veto those dollars as long as they had someone in that office who I had lost confidence in," Perry said. "And I had lost confidence."
Perry's veto cut $7.5 million in funding to the state's ethics watchdog housed in the Travis County district attorney's office. A Texas state judge assigned a special prosecutor to investigate the veto following a formal complaint filed by a left-leaning watchdog group, which accused Perry of trying to leverage his power to force the resignation of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.
That unit of public corruption investigators is based in Austin, a liberal haven in mostly conservative Texas and a city that reliably elects Democrats to serve as district attorney.
Perry said he was confident that he would prevail and vowed that those responsible for this "farce of a prosecution" would be held accountable....../-
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