Posted on 06/19/2008 4:08:26 AM PDT by gusopol3
WASHINGTON — Nearly 32 months after a Texas grand jury indicted him for election-law violations, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay still hasn’t gotten his day in court on one count of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
More than two years ago DeLay surrendered to a Harris County jail. Even by Texas standards, that lag is an unusually long time for a relatively minor criminal case to remain unresolved.
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The lack of speed in this seems to prove the lack of validity in the charges.
looks like Earle’s successor will dismiss it
A real president would have come down on Ronnie Earle like a ton of bricks.
This is a Texas matter, not a national matter. Go somewhere else to bash Bush.
A real President, like Lukashenko? You need to develop that thought some more.
When people say that some conservatives favor a strong Executive Branch, they ain’t kidding. ;)
The one thing about this case was the DA ronnie earle had to go "jury shopping" THREE TIMES to get an indictment against DeLay.
Why did DeLay resign? Jefferson from Louisiana is indicted, and he is running again this year. Indicted Democrats are apparently somehow more “holy” than indicted Republicans.
When a rogue DA takes the majority leader of the US house of representatives out of the game, it’s not just a Texas matter.
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