Rick Perrys Indictment the Dry Run for Trumps Indictments

In 2014, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was indicted on two felony counts of allegations of abuse of power by local Democrats. In 2013, he allegedly pressured the district attorney, a Democrat, to step down by threatening to cut off state financing to her office, the NY Times reported. It was a First Amendment case that had to fall on Mr. Perry’s side. However, for Democrats, it was probably an essential dry run. They got away with it and destroyed Perry as a candidate. “The indictment left Mr. Perry, a Republican, the first Texas governor in nearly 100 years to face…