After harnessing her for along time and refiling his paperwork, he finally dropped his charges but not before having a big press powwow to exhibit his 'evidence' to them.
Ronnnie is a Burkett with real power!
Actually, I remember this well, as I found it very interesting at the time. Earle didn't drop the charges- he brought it all the way to trial, at which point the judge looked over the evidence (which was, of course, overwhelmingly positive for Senator Hutchison). I'm not quite sure what the proper phrasing here is, but the judge issued a "directed aquittal"- in other words, he didn't just dismiss the case, but made it impossible for her to be harrassed on the subject again!