Earle asks for a "Do Over" (Email from Tom DeLay)

Email from Tom DeLay | 10-04-2005 | Tom DeLay

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ronnie Earle has gone from dangerous to desperate with his latest actions of partisan injustice.

Last week, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle concluded a three-year investigation with what is widely recognized as a wholly manufactured political accusation against Congressman DeLay.

Then, yesterday, when it became public his case was falling apart and Congressman DeLay would win, Earle asked for what is the equivalent of a legal "do over" and quickly rushed to yet another grand jury.

For nearly two years, grand jury after grand jury have decided there was no money laundering.

Yet in one day, the new grand jury found what the other grand jury couldn't find in six months?

The quick turnaround with a new grand jury and Earle's own statements are ABSOLUTE proof he is engaged in prosecutorial abuse against Tom DeLay.

CNN
ANDERSON COOPER: Joe..is this an acknowledgement that the first charges, that maybe Delay's team was right, the

conspiracy charge didn't apply in that time?

JOE JOHNS: That's precisely the question. If you look at the pleadings they did put out, it gives you a strong indication the law was changed in Texas in 2003, and that's when they put in conspiracy as applied to this count. So the suggestion is, just looking at it on its face, is that the attorneys for Tom DeLay are right, which certainly would be, if true, a big embarrassment for Ronnie Earle.

Houston Chronicle

"It proves a district attorney can lead a grand jury around like a bull with a ring through its nose."

     DeLay Attorney Dick DeGuerin

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Mr. Earl is wrong on the facts and wrong on the law.
His movie deal is outrageous.
Ronnie Earle's 1994 indictment against Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was quickly dismissed.
He's dropped charges against some in return for "five- and six-figure contributions to [his] pet causes."

 

[AmericanDave]

The IRS uses the same tactics, waive your statue of limitation rights; I say, the stature of limitations is there for a reason: NEVER WAIVE THEM.

[XenaLee]

Or thrown out, perhaps. Seems like if the second (or fifth?) GJ based the second indictment on the first one which was faulty, the second indictment should be dismissed. But since I'm no legal expert, I'm just guessing here.

"If a regular jury does that, can't the verdict be appealed?"

[Blood of Tyrants]

Lastly the problem with the first indictment of last week was that Earle was basing his entire case on a law that didn't exist at the time Delay allegedly violated it. That is unconstitutional and/is/would be a situation of ex post facto.

I don't know if that is true or not, but if it is, then the case will never make it past the preliminary hearing.

[cwb]

"The despots refuse to accept the rights of Republicans to exist. They are all fair game to be hounded out of office. Meanwhile the attempted purging of conservative talk radio show hosts also continues..."

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You're absolutely right. In fact, this is an extension of the Democrats using the courts (and liberal judges) to get through judicial fiat what they can't get through the electoral process and ballot-box. What was once just using the courts to advance their political agendas, has now turned into using the courts to attack and eliminate their political opponents.

Liberals would like nothing better than to just simply outlaw Republicans and conservatism...much in the same way that Germany has done with some of their far-right political parties. Heck, the Left's embrace of Political Correctness has become nothing more than a tool for them to silence opposing views, while they promote and advance their agenda, unchallenged.

These people have succesfully used the courts to create what is essentially an "endangered species" list, made up of victims with so-called grievances. Anyone who dares deny the demands of these victims via the Democrat Party is immediately demonized...regardless of the facts.

This agenda, which even includes things like Hate-Crimes legislation, is an effort to limit the speech of all those who would dare oppose the Left's idealism...while labeling those who do, racists, bigots, sexists, homophobes, etc. We are travelling down a road were Democrats would like to criminalize conservatism.

[RepublicanWithIntegrity]

Yes you can.

Article 1.14 Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

[RepublicanWithIntegrity]

Yes you can.

Article 1.14 Texas Code of Criminal Procedure