Why couldn’t he get a change of venue for the trial, out of Austin? For $8 million his lawyers should have been able to show that Austin juries are biased and got the trial moved somewhere else. I’m not sure about Texas, but changes of venue happen all the time in other states. If this is a conviction for a state crime, one option DeLay may have is for Gov. Perry to pardon him or commute his sentence to time served and a fine (if he serves any time.)
He tried to get a change of venue to El Paso, I believe, and was shot down.
Why couldn’t he get a change of venue for the trial, out of Austin?
They tried but were denied if I recalled correctly.........