October 03, 2005
DeLay lawyers move to dismiss chargesUPDATE: Statement from DeLay spokesman:
"Ronnie Earle has gone from dangerous to desperate with his latest actions of partisan injustice."Earlier today, lawyers for Mr. DeLay filed a motion to quash and dismiss the previous baseless charges brought by Ronnie Earle. Fully understanding his error in manufacturing an illegitimate and baseless charge that could not hold up against Mr. DeLay, Ronnie Earle panicked and decided to persuade yet another grand jury to bring this ridiculous new charge against Mr. DeLay today.
"He is simply looking to make sure that his partisan hunt of Mr. DeLay--and the movie being filmed about it-still arrives at its desired ending. This is an absolute abomination of justice."
UPDATE: New indictment "fixes" problems with last weeks conspiracy count...
Posted by Matt Margolis on October 3, 2005 06:01 PM
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Looks like Ronnie Earle scrambled to put this together before Delay's lawyers could get the conspiracy indictment dismissed:
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(AP) A Texas grand jury indicted Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader.
Both indictments accuse DeLay and two political associates of conspiring to get around a state ban on corporate campaign contributions by funneling the money through a political action committee to the Republican National Committee in Washington.
The RNC then sent back like amounts to distribute to Texas candidates in 2002, the indictment alleges.
Posted by: JPL at October 3, 2005 06:47 PM
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