Another day, another indictment charge against DeLay

October 3, 2005

Step away from the computer for an hour and look what happens.

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.

The new indictment came hours after DeLay’s attorneys filed a request to dismiss the case. That request argued that the conspiracy charge was based on a law that was not effective until 2003, the year after the alleged money transfers.

As it happens, that claim about the 2003 law appears to be bogus.

In either case, DeLay’s legal problems just continue to get worse.

What great news to read on my return from two weeks in Italy.

When the jet lag lets go of me I hope to return for more fun and frolicks here in Carpetbagger Land.

  • Welcome back, Ed. We missed your posts.

    CB, thanks for the tip on the bogus
    motion by Delay on the first charge.
    Let’s just hope the judge sees it that
    way.

  • There was an interesting interview with the foreman of the first grand jury (it gets confusing – there are so many!) last week on NPR & he said he was tired of hearing everyone complain about Ronnie Earl, that it wasn’t as though he was doing all of this by himself. He presented the evidence, and the jury agreed unanimously that it should be brought to trial.

    “William Gibson Jr., the 76-year-old foreman of the Texas grand jury that indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, says jurors saw abundant evidence. Included were testimony and phone records supporting a conspiracy charge against the Republican leader.”

    You can listen to the interview here:

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4933002

  • “William Gibson Jr., the 76-year-old foreman. How freakin old is WG Sr. – what a hero – speak louder Mr. Gibosm, make sure everyone in the USA hears you………..

    well done.

  • If this keeps up, look for the Republicans to divert money from hurricane disaster relief to Tom DeLay’s legal defense fund.

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