Investigation has DeLay stuck in legal limbo

[Judi Lynn]

March 19, 2006, 10:38PM
Investigation has DeLay stuck in legal limbo
Probe into Abramoff's ties may last through November vote


By MICHAEL HEDGES
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom DeLay, who emerged victorious from the Republican primary and hoped to dispose quickly of ethics controversies, remains in a legal limbo that could keep him under a cloud through the November election, according to lawyers involved in the Washington and Texas ethics cases.

The investigation into lobbyist Jack Abramoff's bilking of Indian gaming clients has not directly implicated DeLay. But it has led federal authorities to examine the actions of lawmakers and staffers with whom Abramoff worked, and DeLay is likely to be linked to the probe for the foreseeable future because of his previous close association with Abramoff.

Former DeLay spokesman Michael Scanlon, who was an Abramoff business partner, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the case, and a former DeLay deputy chief of staff, Tony Rudy, remains under intense scrutiny by prosecutors. Either one's cooperation with federal investigators could lead investigators to more information about DeLay, a Republican from Sugar Land.

Justice Department officials have declined to comment on DeLay's status in the wide-ranging probe into whether Abramoff or his associates got favors in return for contributing money to lawmakers' campaigns and arranging foreign trips for the lawmakers.
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[jamesinca]

1. let it drag on

or get it over by lets say October with a guilty verdict. Keep him under a cloud as the Repug nominee, and possibly handing the seat to the Dem. Or Convict him so late that the Repugs have time to make an appeal for a replacement candidate, but not enough time to actually run a campaign.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. I thought the Vatican closed Limbo?

I'd much rather Delay be stuck in legal hell where he belongs.

[Hekate]

3. Limbo lower now; limbo lower now. How loooow can you go?

Somehow thinking of Tom DeLay in legal limbo makes me want to sing something. Like maybe the Limbo Rock.
:-)
Hekate

The Limbo Rock
Chubby Checker

Every limbo boy and girl
All around the limbo world
Gonna do the limbo rock
All around the limbo clock
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Limbo lower now
Limbo lower now
How low can you go

First you spread your limbo feet
Then you move to limbo beat
Limbo ankolimboneee,
Bend back like a limbo tree
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

la la la etc (instead of instrumental break)

Get yourself a limbo girl
Give that chic a limbo whirl
There's a limbo moon above
You will fall in limbo love
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Don't move that limbo bar
You'll be a limbo star
How low can you go

Whistling closes song

[Javaman]

4. And here I thought Harry Belefonte wrote that song...

I stand limbo corrected. :)