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Formally, the Texas indictment accuses DeLay of transferring donated campaign funds from one of his own sources to another arm of the Republican National Committee, an action that violates campaign finance law. The scope of DeLays unethical behavior, however, spans far beyond the indictment itself. DeLay has already been formally...
This type of response is unacceptable. The long litany of recent ethics abuses committed by some of the most powerful individuals in our governmentincluding, most recently, the indictment of Tom DeLaydemonstrate a fact that cannot be ignored any longer: there is an intolerable lack of honesty in our government. The...
DeLay and his lawyers were quick to respond. This was "an abomination of justice," DeLay said. Earle had "realized he screwed up," DeGuerin said, and scrambled to push out a new indictment. "If this doesn't prove that the motivation behind this indictment is political, then I don't know...
DeGuerin promised a similar assault on Delay's behalf, and Monday he filed a motion to dismiss last week's indictment. There was no crime, DeGuerin said, because there was no conspiracy provision in the Texas Election Code until 2003, one year after DeLay's alleged actions. Within hours of...
Was this a re-indictment or a new indictment? Unlike last week, Earle's office held no press conference to herald the late afternoon charges. Despite numerous phone calls, Earle had no comment. But the Austin American-Statesman, quoting sources inside the investigation, said prosecutors feared that the original indictment...