It was my understanding that Texas passed the one remaining law Delay is accused of breaking after the event. It wasn’t even a crime when he did it.
“...but the seriousness of the CHARGE...” < /Houston Commiecle blather >
There are a number of charges and the judge dismissed the ooneinvolving the the law that had not been passed at the time of the alleged offence.
But the idea that Corporate donations that were sent to Wshington to the fedeeral campaign fund and then re-released to Texas candidates as if they were individuakl contributions is the argument that the Stae of Texas is making.
Only individual contributions can be used to fund Texas cadidates.Thus the money laundering charge. The fact is that Delay sent all of his Texas contributions to the federal campaign for re-release to Texas candidates, the question is whether more money was sent to those candidates than individuals gave.The state of Texas says it can prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. We will see what the jury says.