THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE FIRST INDICTMENT AGAINST DELAY WAS BASED ON A LAW THAT DID NOT EXIST AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED NON CRIME!!!!!
Delay's lawyers said at the end of last week that the rumors were flying about Earle rushing to find a new grand jury.
The law that is listed in the first indictment....did not become effective until Sept of 2003. The money issues that Earle keeps screaming about (all legal even after 2003 mind you) happened in 2002.
So Earle rushed and got a laundering indictment.
WHICH MEANS HE KNOWS HIS CHARGES ARE ON THIN ICE.
Not even thin ice --- he knows that.
He's doing his damage now with the indictments.
The statutory conspiracy link didn't exist until 2003. The underlying laundering satute has been in place for more than a decade. See the April indictment for a rough idea of what today's indictment reads.
The fresh indictment has a huge silver lining.