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Jury finds Tom DeLay guilty on all counts
AP via RawStory, November 24th, 2010
The heavy-handed style that made Tom DeLay one of the nation’s most powerful and feared members of Congress also proved to be his downfall Wednesday when a jury determined he went too far in trying to influence elections, convicting the former House majority leader on two felonies that could send him to prison for decades.
Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. He faces up to life in prison on the money laundering charge, although prosecutors haven’t yet recommended a sentence.
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DeLay’s lead attorney, Dick DeGuerin, said they planned to appeal the verdict.
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“This was about holding public officials accountable, that no one is above the law and all persons have to abide by the law, no matter how powerful or lofty the position he or she might hold,” [Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg] said.
Craig McDonald, the director of Texans for Public Justice, a liberal watchdog group whose complaints with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office helped lead to the investigation of DeLay’s PAC, said he was pleased by the verdict.
“We can’t undo the 2002 election, but a jury wisely acted to hold DeLay accountable for conspiring to steal it.”
The Passion of the DeLay
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Will let this verdict stand?
Surely the judge made some error that allowed in some evidence that the jury should not have seen or heard.
I can feel it.
I know you already covered this here, but I simply HAD to post my snarky one as well. Hope you don’t mind!
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