In the Grand Jury room? My gosh, that's astounding.
In the room. If I understood Delay correctly, that's what DeLay had heard. Those folks ought to be gone over with a fine toothed comb, too.
This is what I read about the filming.
I didn't catch if the jurors were present when the film crew allegedly entered the GJ room.
And apparently ILLEGAL...
[TEXAS] CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 20. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE GRAND JURY
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000020.00.htm
Art. 20.011. Who may be present in grand jury room(a) Only the following persons may be present in a grand jury room while the grand jury is conducting proceedings:
(1) grand jurors;
(2) bailiffs;
(3) the attorney representing the state;
(4) witnesses while being examined or when necessary to assist the attorney representing the state in examining other witnesses or presenting evidence to the grand jury;
(5) interpreters, if necessary; and
(6) a stenographer or person operating an electronic recording device, as provided by Article 20.012.
(b) Only a grand juror may be in a grand jury room while the grand jury is deliberating.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1011, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.