DeLaying the Inevitable?
This past Monday, another Travis County grand jury indicted Tom DeLay on money laundering charges. This came moments after DeLay's lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the previous charge.
Found on The Hill's website.
As reported by The Hill, DeLay made the following statement via e-mail on the news of the second indictment:
“'Ronnie Earle has stooped to a new low with his brand of prosecutorial abuse,' DeLay said last night in an e-mailed statement after news of the second indictment. 'He is trying to pull the legal equivalent of a ‘do-over,’ since he knows very well that the charges brought against me last week are totally manufactured and illegitimate. This is an abomination of justice.'”
A "do-over"? That would mean accusing you of the same thing, Mr. DeLay. It would mean having already failed a first attempt. The first case won't even come to court for a couple more weeks, assuming the motion to dismiss is denied. Yes, this second grand jury re-indicted DeLay on the prior conspiracy charge, however, the original indictment was not a failure by any means. Two juries agreed to indict you over that charge. The re-indictment may replace or merely amend the first indictment, but by no means was the original charge thrown out.
Furthermore, Mr. DeLay, you seem to have forgotten (again) that it took a jury to indict you. Maybe Earle has a vendetta against you. But if his accusations were entirely baseless, the juries would have thrown them out and you would not be indicted. Unless, of course, you believe that the juries there are packed with only vicious Democrats. Yes, Tom, it's everyone else's fault.
Nick Anderson, Louisville Courier-Journal, September 30, 2005.
All this talk of conspiracies from Tom DeLay is starting to look very bad, even for his defenders. Whether or not the charges are ultimately thrown out, DeLay is not playing the calm, confident defendant that knows that the accusations are baseless. Rather, he looks like the frantic person who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is now looking to blame everyone else for shoving his arm in there. What happened to the Republican mantra of personal responsibility? Perhaps the actions of Tom DeLay are finally catching up to him. Responsibility cannot be evaded forever.
Found on The Hill's website.
As reported by The Hill, DeLay made the following statement via e-mail on the news of the second indictment:
“'Ronnie Earle has stooped to a new low with his brand of prosecutorial abuse,' DeLay said last night in an e-mailed statement after news of the second indictment. 'He is trying to pull the legal equivalent of a ‘do-over,’ since he knows very well that the charges brought against me last week are totally manufactured and illegitimate. This is an abomination of justice.'”
A "do-over"? That would mean accusing you of the same thing, Mr. DeLay. It would mean having already failed a first attempt. The first case won't even come to court for a couple more weeks, assuming the motion to dismiss is denied. Yes, this second grand jury re-indicted DeLay on the prior conspiracy charge, however, the original indictment was not a failure by any means. Two juries agreed to indict you over that charge. The re-indictment may replace or merely amend the first indictment, but by no means was the original charge thrown out.
Furthermore, Mr. DeLay, you seem to have forgotten (again) that it took a jury to indict you. Maybe Earle has a vendetta against you. But if his accusations were entirely baseless, the juries would have thrown them out and you would not be indicted. Unless, of course, you believe that the juries there are packed with only vicious Democrats. Yes, Tom, it's everyone else's fault.
Nick Anderson, Louisville Courier-Journal, September 30, 2005.
All this talk of conspiracies from Tom DeLay is starting to look very bad, even for his defenders. Whether or not the charges are ultimately thrown out, DeLay is not playing the calm, confident defendant that knows that the accusations are baseless. Rather, he looks like the frantic person who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is now looking to blame everyone else for shoving his arm in there. What happened to the Republican mantra of personal responsibility? Perhaps the actions of Tom DeLay are finally catching up to him. Responsibility cannot be evaded forever.
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