Posted on 11/24/2010 3:18:25 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
For five years, the case against Tom DeLay for money laundering through his Texans for a Republican Majority PAC has been seemingly trapped in the Texas courts facing pre-trial appeals. On November 1, it finally made it to trial and today the verdict is in: guilty on both money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The slightly-less-than-humble DeLay lost his majority leadership in Congress after the indictment came down, but he has maintained his claims that this case was politically motivated throughout the entire process right up to defense attorney Dick DeGuerin's closing arguments.
The jury clearly didn't buy his argument and now DeLay is potentially facing life in prison on money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges. DeLay is accused of channeling $190,000 in corporate money through his Texans for a Republican Majority PAC in 2002 to aid GOP candidates.
See my recent post in this thread
Today I’m ashamed to be a Texan.
This is the Dims’ morale booster. They’ve been beaten pretty badly lately and my leftist friends are cheering to no end at their victory — “Finally” seems to be their common word.
It seems (for the time being) that the bleeding heart liberal Travis County thugs got their pound of flesh.
Additionally... I thought that the law the charges were based didn't go into effect until after the PAC collected money. And speaking of the money, I thought it went to administrative costs.
This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
I am sure Delay will get his day to dispute this garbage verdict and have it go in his favor.
The Secretary of the Treasury is a KNOWN tax cheat. Nuff said.
FREE TOM DeLAY!
If the regime starts taking political prisoners, our opposition needs to go to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!
Get the appeal slated in 9 months or so. Meantime, every RAT under indictment needs to have the same sentencing stringency applied to them.
Embezzled 10K from your job at a bank? 99 years. Cooked your books at your restaurant? 99 years. Didn’t forward your employees’ W2 withholding quarterly, accurately to the Fed? 99 years.
I don’t remember Austin/Travis County being involved in the Rathergate stuff, but maybe.
Austin is the state capitol and also the home of the University of Texas. It is liberal politically, and long-time DA Ronnie Earle is notorious for dogged witchhunting of those who don’t agree with him politically. He even prosecuted himself once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Earle
Earle is no longer in office, but he’s the one who got the indictment against DeLay, and it was likely more in retaliation for DeLay’s role in redistricting than for any lawbreaking. We’ll see.
On the other hand, DeLay never ran from a fight and left lots of hurt in his wake. What goes round comes round.
Just a big sordid mess. Hope the courts see that justice is done — whatever that is.
What did I say that deserved such wrath?
As for defending me, I've never read of you until now.........are we related?
I for one will NEVER be ashamed to be a Texan! I am equally not ashamed of Tom DeLay.
“I was stunned to hear he could be sentenced up to 99 years”
And Rangel, et al walk...??
I for one will NEVER be ashamed to be a Texan! I am equally not ashamed of Tom DeLay.
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IMO, Austin has not been part of Texas for at least a couple of decades.
Yea, it was an obvious error on my part.....so what? Ya got the message, right?
While he may or may not have violated state law (wasn’t it said that the law was passed AFTER the alleged crime) the jury wanted to reach a conviction and were pressing the judge on FEDERAL law questions.
Much like the Supreme Court gods in black robes, they knew the conclusion and had to find an argument to get them there.
I can’t believe he was actually convicted.
See post #114......hopefully you got the message too.
That's what I put my money on. They had better go after and get those dem crooks but with all the leftist judges 0 had wasted no time getting in office, I'll not hold my breath. Too bad 0 can't be one of them...yet.
Thank you, Sir...
Would be interesting to have Rangel’s trial moved to Austin, what say you
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