Grand jury foreman cites "stacks" of evidence against DeLay

Seattle Times ^ | 10-01-2005 | Christy Hoppe

[KJC1]

Grand jury foreman cites "stacks" of evidence against DeLay

By Christy Hoppe

The Dallas Morning News

E-mail article Print view Search Most e-mailed Most read RSS AUSTIN, Texas — Grand jurors were presented a load of evidence, including testimony and phone records, that led them to believe Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, should be tried on a conspiracy charge, the leader of the Travis County grand jury that indicted the congressman said yesterday.

"It was not one of those sugar-coated deals that we handed to [District Attorney] Ronnie Earle," William Gibson said.

He added: "Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers — evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody."

DeLay has said Earle has no evidence to prove that he tried to subvert state election laws. His lawyers did not return calls seeking comments on Gibson's description of the grand-jury proceedings.

[muir_redwoods]

Pardon me, but the typical Grand Jury forman is not exactly an authority on the law

[AmishDude]

He added: "Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers — evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody."

Yes. Damning evidence that DeLay knows how to use the telephone.

Sounds like Earle managed to snow a bunch of dim bulbs.

Just keep talkin', Gibson, just keep talkin'.

[TC Rider]

thanks.

FWIW, as a deputy sherrif and state employee back in the Dem days of Texas, is there any doubt where his loyalties lie?

[writmeister]

I would not be surprised to find out that Mr. Gibson is a Travis County Democrat activist.

In Texas, grand jurors are typically appointed by the judge overseeing a particular grand jury panel. The judges in Travis County are all Democrats.

[Cougar66]

Questions: is Lucy Ramirez on the grand jury? Was it held in Travis County? Was Robin Rather anywhere near the place?

[MosesKnows]

they don't have a snowball's chance in hell with getting a conviction

The objective was not a conviction; the objective was an indictment. An indictment is all that is required to cause Delay to step down. They finally got an indictment and Delay stepped down. A conviction is virtually irrelevant.

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[KCRW]

Nice find- of course it is against the law for this guy to be yapping.

It will be awful interesting to see where this guy pops up.

Is he going to be on 60 minutes?

[rawhide]

I guess we need to know more about Willian Gibson...

I guess the blogosphere needs to go to work and rat this guy out for who he is.

Anyone know anything about this jury foreman, his party affiliation, his campaign donations, his friends, his contacts? The way he is blabbering his big mouth, I would think there is stuff public stuff out there on him, maybe even some newspaper editorials?

[Bommer]

"Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers — evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody."

I wonder if it was quilted?

[zip]

weren't there either 5 or 6 previous grand juries who rejected the indictment?

Five of 'em couldn't find anything wrong. Throw s*** against the wall often enough and something will stick or, as in this case, some leftist will claim something stuck. What a loser.

[zip]

Literally ROTFLMAO. Thanks for making my day.

[DallasMike]

Earle is a close friend of Robin Rather — the daughter of Dan Rather. She has sponsored several fund-raisers for Earle and has at least once (in 2000) contributed the maximum amount allowed by law to Earle’s campaign. Ben Barnes, the Democratic lobbyist and former lieutenant governor of Texas, is a also a running buddy of Earle’s and joined Robin Rather in sponsoring an Earle fundraiser. Did I mention that Ben Barnes was featured prominently in the 60 Minutes report that triggered Dan Rather’s Memogate escapade?

 

       

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