Rick Perry, the latest Republican expected to toss his hat into the 2016 presidential contest, is best known for two things: Being the longest-serving, best-coiffed governor of the second-largest U.S. state, having ended a 14-year stint as Texas’s “Governor Goodhair” in January; and an infamous “oops” moment, when in the space of 53 agonizing seconds in November 2011, Perry forgot during a televised debate the third of three federal agencies he’d abolish if elected president.
Now, Perry has another claim to fame: He’s one of the few people to formally run for president while under indictment. Here are five things to know.
