Rick Perry Hires Bush Recount Lawyer Ben Ginsberg

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is interviewed at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has hired Benjamin L. Ginsberg as part of his legal team to fend off an indictment for abuse of power.

Ginsberg is a longtime Republican lawyer who was an important figure on the Bush-Cheney team during the 2000 election recount. He later provided legal advice to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Ginsberg slammed the indictment as “beyond the pale” and said it “represents a real tearing of the fabric of democracy.” He noted that several prominent Democrats have also voiced skepticism about the charges.

“This is an attempt to criminalize politics, pure and simple,” Ginsberg told reporters. “It should not and it will not succeed.”

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  1. Ginsberg reminds me of that other notoriously partisan lawyer Roy Cohn. Fuck Ginsberg. Fuck Perry. Both are thoroughly corrupt bastards…etc., etc., etc. They deserve each other.

  2. By tearing fabric, is he referring to the new asshole to our jurisprudence he tore when getting W appointed to the office of the presidency?

    The man who fueled and test piloted Sal Russo’s clown car, feigns seriousness, film at eleven.

  3. right? it’s pretty rich this toadstool whining about “a tearing of the fabric of democracy” they already accomplished that 15 years ago.

  4. What Prick Berry did was reprehensible. It blatantly tramples on the Texas constitution and violates Texas law.

  5. Avatar for pine pine says:

    " He noted that several prominent Democrats have also voiced skepticism about the charges."

    So any other time you might be calling #$%@ Democrats eh, Barrister ?

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