--- description: The Texas governor turned himself in for a mug shot Tuesday as part of his indictment for abuse of power. title: See Governor Rick Perry's New Mugshot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81e9dd237bb42dcb/6986a01e55a8593ca3a82397/8-19-2014-james-richard-perry-booking-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [States](/tag/states/) ## States Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Governor Rick Perry's New Mugshot by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 8:40 PM CUT  Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets booked on abuse of power charges at the Travis County Sheriff's Department in Austin, on Aug. 19, 2014. Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets booked on abuse of power charges at the Travis County Sheriff's Department in Austin, on Aug. 19, 2014.Travis County Sheriff's Department by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 8:40 PM CUT Texas Governor Rick Perry indictment over charges of alleged abuse of power left him required to something not common of a sitting governor: take a mugshot. Perry turned himself in to have his mugshot taken on Tuesday at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas. Perry ardently objects to charges laid out against him by the Travis County District Attorney. He stated on Tuesday that he remained confident because of his belief that “the rule of law would prevail.” Perry followed up his trip to the courthouse with [a trip to an ice cream shop](https://twitter.com/GovernorPerry/status/501864028764110848 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3148762/rick-perry-mugshot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3148762/rick-perry-mugshot/"},"headline":"See Governor Rick Perry's New Mugshot","datePublished":"2014-08-20T20:40:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:46:07.719Z","description":"The Texas governor turned himself in for a mug shot Tuesday as part of his indictment for abuse of power.","url":"https://time.com/3148762/rick-perry-mugshot/","keywords":["States","2016 Election topic","Crime","politics","Indictment","2016","2016 presidential election","Republican"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81e9dd237bb42dcb/6986a01e55a8593ca3a82397/8-19-2014-james-richard-perry-booking-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81e9dd237bb42dcb/6986a01e55a8593ca3a82397/8-19-2014-james-richard-perry-booking-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rick Perry Mugshot","caption":"Rick Perry Mugshot","creditText":"Travis County Sheriff's Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3148762/rick-perry-mugshot/","name":"See Governor Rick Perry's New Mugshot"}}]}] ```