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DeLay Wants Early December Trial
Yahoo News ^ | 11/14/2005 | AP

Posted on 11/14/2005 5:32:47 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

AUSTIN - An attorney for U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay said Monday that he will request an early December trial date for the former House majority leader, if the case gets that far. ADVERTISEMENT

Attorney Dick DeGuerin said in a letter that "time is of the essence" in the case that has temporarily forced DeLay to step down from his top House post.

Judge Pat Priest has set a Nov. 22 hearing to consider requests to drop the charges against DeLay and his co-defendants. Defense attorneys have asked that the charges be dropped for various reasons, including alleged misconduct by a prosecutor.

"Should the indictments survive the hearings of November 22, we will request a trial date in early December," DeGuerin wrote in his letter to Priest.

DeGuerin is also asking that Priest, a visiting judge, move the trial out of left-leaning Travis County to DeLay's home Fort Bend County.

DeLay and two of his associates are charged with criminal conspiracy and money laundering in the case, which stems from fundraising and spending in the 2002 Texas legislative races.

Corporate donations were allegedly routed through DeLay's Texas political action committee to the national Republican party, which then returned nearly the same amount back to seven Texas House candidates.

Use of corporate donations for direct campaign expenditures is illegal in Texas.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: deguerin; delay; earle
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1 posted on 11/14/2005 5:32:47 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Dubya should just nominate Delay for an appellate court seat. [evil grin]


2 posted on 11/14/2005 5:39:39 PM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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Looks like DeLay has Earle on the run.


3 posted on 11/14/2005 5:40:41 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Earle never learned that if you mess with the Hammer... You get nailed!!!


4 posted on 11/14/2005 5:44:30 PM PST by Common Tator
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

A concise, factual article from the AP????


5 posted on 11/14/2005 5:46:12 PM PST by digger48
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A concise, factual article from the AP????

They must've been passing a bottle of gin around the office.......

6 posted on 11/14/2005 5:50:31 PM PST by b4its2late (GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
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To: digger48
A concise, factual article from the AP????

I share your surprise (tongue firmly in cheek). Something is very odd in this AP report. For example, note the underlined parts in the following lines from AP

Attorney Dick DeGuerin said in a letter that "time is of the essence" in the case that has temporarily forced DeLay to step down from his top House post.

Real AP reporters have Rep. DeLay already convicted and awaiting sentencing.

DeGuerin is also asking that Priest, a visiting judge, move the trial out of left-leaning Travis County to DeLay's home Fort Bend County.

When have you ever seen AP properly identify and characterize a Democrat stronghold using that term?

I fear a sane person has invaded the AP office, is holding the AP staff hostage, and is issuing bogus AP stories filled with accurate and unbiased information.

7 posted on 11/14/2005 6:06:24 PM PST by Unmarked Package
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To: digger48

The charges are going to get thrown out, and DeLay will return to business as usual.


8 posted on 11/14/2005 6:06:48 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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9 posted on 11/14/2005 6:19:21 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Unmarked Package

Whoever wrote this article will be called into the office, reprimanded, and "coached". Look for modifications in the article.


10 posted on 11/14/2005 6:20:26 PM PST by Purrcival (C'mon, Mr. President, fight back! Don't let DemoRATs' lies stand unanswered!)
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To: Unmarked Package

LOL!!


11 posted on 11/14/2005 6:20:26 PM PST by digger48
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Oops...we missed the last part of the article: DeLay and two of his associates are charged with criminal conspiracy and money laundering in the case, which stems from fundraising and spending in the 2002 Texas legislative races. Corporate donations were allegedly routed through DeLay's Texas political action committee to the national Republican party, which then returned nearly the same amount back to seven Texas House candidates. Use of corporate donations for direct campaign expenditures is illegal in Texas.

Looks like they managed add a few lines that totally misrepresented the transactions in question. And wasn't that law NOT in force when these transactions took place, anyway? Wasn't that why Earle scrambled to replace the first indictment, when DeGuerin flagged him on getting an indictment for a law that wasn't even on the books yet?

12 posted on 11/14/2005 6:24:23 PM PST by Purrcival (C'mon, Mr. President, fight back! Don't let DemoRATs' lies stand unanswered!)
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Looks like they managed add a few lines that totally misrepresented the transactions in question. And wasn't that law NOT in force when these transactions took place, anyway?

Aha, that's a good observation and you make a valid point. There is just enough leftist obfuscation in the story to reassure me that the situation is normal at the AP office.

Thank you, friend. I would have looked like an idiot if I had called law enforcement and reported a possible break-in and hostage taking.

13 posted on 11/14/2005 6:45:45 PM PST by Unmarked Package
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Of course, you will notice that their lame attempt to mitigate the leftist obfuscation by the use of the word, "allegedly". Ah, but there's juuuuust enough there to leave a taint. Clever little wascals.


14 posted on 11/14/2005 7:17:48 PM PST by Purrcival (C'mon, Mr. President, fight back! Don't let DemoRATs' lies stand unanswered!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Good.

Speed this up, get it over with, then get back home to spank the kiddies that have been acting up in the House while he was gone.


15 posted on 11/14/2005 8:30:51 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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An attorney for U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay said Monday that he will request an early December trial date for the former House majority leader, if the case gets that far.

:-D )))

Seriously, how often do you see a defendant who actually wants a speedy trial?

16 posted on 11/14/2005 8:34:41 PM PST by RichInOC (Tom DeLay...The Little Man With The Hammer. http://www.west-ext.com/little_man.html)
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Looks like they managed add a few lines that totally misrepresented the transactions in question. And wasn't that law NOT in force when these transactions took place, anyway?

The conspiracy hook was absent when the alleged transgression occurred. The laundering offense did exist at that time. Earle's scramble was to obtain a laundering indictment against Delay. He's had a laundering indictment against the two co-conspirators since April.

17 posted on 11/14/2005 8:36:29 PM PST by Cboldt
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Thanks for setting me straight. As you can probably tell, I am not a lawyer.


18 posted on 11/14/2005 9:10:04 PM PST by Purrcival (C'mon, Mr. President, fight back! Don't let DemoRATs' lies stand unanswered!)
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Tom Delay is my choice for presidential candidate in '08, even if I have to write his name in.


19 posted on 11/14/2005 9:13:22 PM PST by Pajamajan (The Democrat party proudly brings you the new and improved Soviet Union.)
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To: Purrcival
Thanks for setting me straight. As you can probably tell, I am not a lawyer.

LOL. You ought to charge lawyers for setting THEM straight.
IANAL either on a technicality

20 posted on 11/14/2005 9:13:33 PM PST by Cboldt
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