Indicted in 2005. Why hasn't Tom Delay been tried yet?????

[Maraya1969]

In 2005, a Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws during that period. DeLay denied the charges and pled not guilty, saying they were politically motivated and the law he was indicted under did not apply until later, but Republican Conference rules forced him to resign temporarily from his position as Majority Leader. In January 2006, under pressure from fellow Republicans, DeLay announced that he would not seek to return to the position. In the months before and after this decision, two of his former aides were convicted in the Jack Abramoff scandal. DeLay ran for re-election in 2006, and won the Republican primary election in March 2006, but, citing the possibility of losing the general election, he announced in April 2006 that he would withdraw from the race and resign his seat in Congress. He resigned on June 9, 2006, and sought to remove his name from the ballot. The court battle that followed forced him to remain on the ballot, despite having withdrawn from the race.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Interesting question.

[bigmoon]

2. He hasn't?

What the fudge are they waitng for???

[wurzel]

3. Who runs Texas?

[baldguy]

4. Didn't you know?

All Republicans have an endless supply of these:

[jobycom]

5. They are appealing everything on this one. It's eventually going to be thrown out.

Might surprise y'all, but this is Texas, and there aren't many honest Republicans in Texas government.

The original indictment was actually thrown out in 07, due to a procedural technicality, IIRC. Ronnie Earle, the DA, had expected that, and had a second grand jury re-indict him. Meanwhile, DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin (famous for representing Kay Bailey Hutchison and David Koresh), filed a complaint of misconduct against Earle, and I think that has to be settled before this all moves on.

And Earle is retiring this year, which will slow it down even more.

So don't hold your breath on DeLay wearing orange. He's got too many friends here.

[Redstone]

6. Yes indeed, it's WAY too tangled and ugly and Texas. Excellent explanation.

Redstone