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Posted on 01/13/2011 2:29:33 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
On January 10, 2011, former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Delay, was sentenced to three years in jail for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy. Now, his attorney blames the Tea Party, in part, for his conviction.
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DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, explained the Tea Party connection by saying, "We went to trial on the very day people across the country, voters, rebelled against politics." While DeLay presumably does not differ much ideologically from the Tea Party, their inconveniently timed uprising might have irritated liberal jury members, who took their wrath out on Delay.
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Why do people think they have to defend this man just because there’s an (R) next to his name? He is crooked political scum, the ultimate in career politician. There is nothing conservative about him whatsoever!
When this took place there were no laws and it was common practice in BOTH parties. It took EIGHT grand juries to get an indictment.
I thought that when this took place there WAS no law and BOTH parties transferred funds this way.
Gotcha. Thanks.
I didn't opine about Mr. Delay. I certainly don't share you venom for him though. I do assume his attorney will offer the most aggressive defense available to him though.
And no, I don't consider a murder of 0bozo zombies to be a jury of his peers.
I haven’t read any defense of Delay’s actual crime on this thread. Most agree he that committed a crime. What people take issue with are the prosecutor’s and judge’s motives and the jail sentence.
Amen. DeLay and Fat Hastert along with GWB were able to push through more big govt BS than I care to remember. For that, I would approve of DeLay’s sentence not for campaign contributions he raised in his PAC.
Last night my cats had a fight, I forgot and left the backyard faucet running this morning and at lunchtime I spilled some corn - obviously the teaparty caused ALL of this.
I’ve read a lot of defense of him in other threads. Mostly it has to do with “Well, Rangel didn’t go to jail so Delay shouldn’t go to jail.”
Of course, these same people will then go into yet other threads and proclaim that relative morality is a liberal falsehood.
Maybe it was. Juries usually do the right thing inspite of the lawyers (I include the Judge in that too). I have not looked into the case. I just recall that the Prosecutor forum shopped the case.
This guy might mean well, but he probably needs to just shut up and file his appeal. This crap should never have gone to trial, and it's time for some Profiles in Courage. If Perry wants to even be considered for higher office, he had better be ready with a full pardon.
Which perversely enough ought to make the left like the Partiers a little bit better. They really didn’t like the little guy all that much.
I don't think that's what the lawyer said or meant. Travis County is packed with liberals, which is why the prosecution chose that venue. Liberal jurors were looking for payback BECAUSE of the success of the TEA Party. So they hammered the hammer. DeLay's lawyer is probably right on the jury psychology. To say so is not a criticism of the TEA Party.
No wonder Tom’s is going to prison.
Look what he chose to represent him.
Sorry, I disagree. It’s not like the liberal jury needed any Tea Party activity to stir up their hatred - it’s in their nature. I think it was unnecessary to bring the Tea Party into it.
When this took place there were no laws and it was common practice in BOTH parties. It took EIGHT grand juries to get an indictment.
There were three Grand Juries as I understand it not eight. The Texas Criminal Statutes that DeLay was indicted under have been on the books in Texas for a long time and the ban against corporate money to state office holders goes back to 1905. Granted the two indictments using the Criminal Statues was a very unique application of those statutes, and as I understand it the first of its kind in Texas and may very well be reversed on appeal.
The indictment using the Election Code was thrown out by Judge Priest back in 2005 thus DeLay never went to trial on that count.
Thank you for the information!
Was this cry baby liar not allowed to vet each jury member? If so, he’s a dumbass.
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