Star-Telegram

Former Gov. Rick Perry has spent more than $2 million in state campaign cash fighting the abuse-of-power indictment against him, according to finance records made public Thursday.

In the first half of the year, Perry, now a presidential candidate, tapped his Texas campaign coffers to pay just over $1 million to four law firms for “legal defense,” the records show. The bills climb even higher with tens of thousands of dollars paid to a New York firm for what Perry’s campaign described as “legal defense consulting.”