Travis County Grand Jury Indicts DeLay, not the DA (SPIN FROM DELAY)

[jsamuel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050928/ap_on_go_co/delay_quote_box

"I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the actions of the Travis County district attorney today." — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

[jasmeel]

1. What's the difference? Could there be another indictment?

[jsamuel]

2. The difference is that the DA is a "democrat" and they want to use that to

say the indictment was biased.


There may be another indictment coming from the Abramoff thing.

[Inland]

3. The distinction is that a grand jury, not the DA, hands down indictments

12 to 24 citizens empanelled on a grand jury take testimony, view evidence and have to vote on the charge. The DA doesn't decide.

It's a protection that American citizens get against politically motivated DAs.

So Delay's attempts to smear the DA should be countered by the fact the GJ indicted him.

[H2O Man]

4. Right.

The fact that it was a grand jury actually is reason for greater concern for inmate Delay.