Posted on 09/28/2005 6:59:19 PM PDT by wagglebee
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was indicted three times by Texas state Democratic prosecutor Ronnie Earle in a move widely seen as a bid to derail her 1994 Senate campaign, warned after she was acquitted that Earle had a history of corruption.
The same Travis County prosecutor indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Wednesday - and while so far Hutchison has been silent, she wasn't shy about criticizing Earle 11 years ago.
"Ronnie Earle's record is spotted with controversy, allegations of misuse of power, and corruption," Sen. Hutchison told the Associated Press back then. "This should not be tolerated in a prosecutor with such awesome responsibility."
The Texas GOP'er's ire followed Earle's repeated attempts to prosecute her while Hutchison was running for office - floating charges ranging from misuse or her office to an allegation that Hutchison "assaulted" one of her employees.
And when a Texas state judge finally ruled that his evidence against Hutchison was inadmissable, Earle summoned reporters to share the dirt he had gathered.
The Buffalo News reported that during the media gathering, the vindictive Earle "announced that a solid majority of 24 mock jurors had repeatedly found Hutchison guilty of the felony charges that she misused state employees and equipment for personal and political gain."
This time, I suspect the Texas Republican legislature will go after Earle and try to have him disbarred.
The only question here should be the degree and duration of Earle's close relationship with elements of AlQaida.
I hope you are right. This is pathetic.
Interesting tag line--I have 19 year old scars.
I see a change of employment in Earles future. He can go play golf with Rather.
It is a crime for one or more persons acting under color of law willfully to deprive or conspire to deprive another person of any right protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242). "Color of law" simply means that the person doing the act is using power given to him or her by a governmental agency (local, State, or Federal). A law enforcement officer acts "under color of law" even if he or she is exceeding his or her rightful power. The types of law enforcement misconduct covered by these laws include excessive force, sexual assault, intentional false arrests, or the intentional fabrication of evidence resulting in a loss of liberty to another. Enforcement of these provisions does not require that any racial, religious, or other discriminatory motive existed.
What remedies are available under these laws?Violations of these laws are punishable by fine and/or imprisonment. There is no private right of action under these statutes; in other words, these are not the legal provisions under which you would file a lawsuit on your own.
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Anyone got Alberto Gonzalez's phone number?
This indictment is all about the elections. The rats are determined to gain control again and will do whatever it takes. With the willing lapdog media, they are invincible.
I'll keep my ears open on NPR and my eyes in the Wall St. Journal to see what is really going on. What I've heard thus far, however, suggests that he liked to play fast and loose with finances, building a political machine like corrupt big-city mayors do.
Right now, the absolute worst thing that the Republicans could do would be to circle the wagons and protect DeLay. Let the judicial process do its job. If he is innocent, a jury of his peers will make that determination. It's way too early to be claiming that DeLay's civil rights are being violated.
Have Earle disbarred? Now that's a trial I'd like to see in the headlines!
"You can indict a ham sandwich." The Liberal "media" has been portraying this as some kind of big deal all day. Is the "media" REALLY that stupid or just a bunch of gullible morons. Grand juries are a joke. When those people are not sitting on the grand jury, they are home watching Oprah.
There is an interesting question whether a Prosecutor or Judge has absolute immunity from these charges unless there is a corrruption of the judicial system such as suborning perjury, bribery etc. What is interesting here is that Earle may have withheld evidence that the Grand Journey should have heard and taken into consideration. With Earle's bragging to a Democrat convention that he was going to take Delay down, the withholding might be enough to compromise the system.
Dang----this guy is elected, right???
How in the heck does he do it???
"I see dead people."
"I'll keep my ears open on NPR" Do you consider NPR a credible source?
Yes.
Tsk, Tsk. Al franken, also?
The best tactic I see so far, besides the full court press PR attack by Delay and his attorney, is that Delay is demending an immediate trial rather than waiting for all discovery. From what I understand the indictment is weak. From what I heard of Earle, he is a political operative and if he had anything factual to buttress his charges they would be in the indictment so that the MSN could splash them all over the news. Gossip is truth to the sheep. When I want a quick resolution I file for Temporary Restraining Orders or Declaratory Judgment motions. Either gets you a quick trial and quick resolution. that is what Delay wants if he has the cards.
He is innocent. (Isn't that the proper response when we presume someone is innocent?)
It would be appropriate, as well, to say "IF he is guilty..."
So, I don't like to pretend that there isn't virulent hatred in politics. I know there is. Fox News reported earlier this evening that the same prosecutor had indicted Kay Bailey Hutchinson on a charge that was thrown out.
NPR and the WSJ try to be objective. The WSJ has a definite rightward tilt, and NPR has a slight leftward one. In the end, those two sources balance out.
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