SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A longtime adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, upset over his abrupt firing at Texas A&M, admitted Thursday he told staff he would surrender his office keys only if “anyone is man enough to take them” — all while brandishing a pocketknife in what police called a “nonthreatening” way.
Jay Kimbrough didn’t deny the confrontation detailed in a Texas A&M University police report, which includes the 64-year-old telling a school attorney to “bring it on.”
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Fired Texas University executive says showing knife was a joke
September 22, 2011