The charges which cost Tom DeLay his Majority Leader position are withering on the vine.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today refused to reinstate criminal conspiracy charges against former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two co-defendants.
DeLay, R-Sugar Land, and political consultants Jim Ellis and John Colyandro were accused of conspiring to violate state election laws in the 2002 elections for the Texas House. But lower courts threw out the indictment on grounds that conspiracy to violate the election code was not a crime until 2003,
A majority of the Court of Criminal Appeals agreed.
The only charge left is the money laundering charge, and from what I remember of that, it was a weak one as well, but at least it was on the books when he is accused of committing it.
Ratbastard partisan tool prosecutor, Ronnie Earl, deserves to get Nifonged, just as soon as we figure out what that term will untimately mean. Personally, the rope meets tree option works for me for them both. Hell, we could probably get sponsors.
Found via The DANE
Sponsor? We don’t need no farking sponsor.
You “sponsor” the rope, I’ll tie the knot and Pierce County PUD will “sponsor” the lampost.