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SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ An attorney says that a longtime adviser to Gov. Rick Perry challenged him to “bring it on” and brandished a pocketknife in a nonthreatening way after being told he was fired.
Jay Kimbrough on Thursday didn’t deny the confrontation detailed in a police report released by the Texas A&M University System. He said he was frustrated by his abrupt firing Wednesday but wasn’t genuinely threatening anyone.
Kimbrough, 64, told the A&M System’s general counsel that he would hand over his office keys if “anyone is man enough to take them.” He said attorney Ray Bonilla didn’t know his personality well enough to not take him seriously.
Kimbrough had been serving as deputy chancellor. He was fired by John Sharp, who was appointed the new chancellor earlier this month.
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