From The Washington Post:
Lawyers for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) tried unsuccessfully in late September to head off felony criminal indictments against the then-majority leader on charges of violating Texas campaign law by signaling that DeLay might plead guilty to a misdemeanor, according to four sources familiar with the events.
The lawyers’ principal aim was to try to preserve DeLay’s leadership position under House Republican rules that bar lawmakers accused of felonies from holding such posts. DeLay was forced to step down as leader on Sept. 28 after the first of two grand jury indictments.
Plus, it looks like DeLay may have admitted to the crime. Indeed, he may be Ronnie Earle’s chief witness to the crime. At an Aug. 17 meeting with Earle, “DeLay acknowledged that in 2002 he was informed about and expressed his support for transfers of $190,000 in mostly corporate funds from his Texas political action committee to an arm of the Republican National Committee in Washington and then back to Texas”.
Read the whole article. It an important piece and it provides an excellent overview of the DeLay case (and, of course, DeLay’s alleged misdeeds).
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