DeLay's defense atty was David Koresh's defense atty

[grasswire]

Richard DeGuerin, the biggest Republican bulldog lawyer in Texas, is DeLay's criminal defense attorney. DeGuerin represented David Koresh previously.

[niyad]

1. that is almost funny

[Bozita]

2. Gee ... two good Christians

[stevedeshazer]

3. You're kidding.

No shit. You must be kidding.

Tell me you're not kidding.

Pinching self now. Oww.

[Child_Of_Isis]

4. That is weird! eom.

[berni_mccoy]

5. LOL! AHAHAHAHAHAHA

I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT! AHAHAHAHA

:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

6. Okay, went googlin'

<snip>

He’s a rip-snorting, bronc ridin’, fast talkin’, straight shooter and he’s not afraid to take on the high and mighty. He’s a lawyer made from the same stuff as legends like Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, F. Lee Bailey, Melvin Belli and his own mentor, Percy Foreman. He’s a modern day Daniel Webster, and if what some of the D.A.s say is true, there’s a little bit of the devil in there too.

He’s a criminal defense attorney and he’s one of the best. Who says so? Why none other than the State Bar of Texas. In 1994, they named him “Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year.”

He was in Waco representing David Koresh during his standoff with the FBI and the ATF. He pushed Barbara Piotrowski’s wheel chair into the courtroom after she was allegedly shot by exercise mogul Richard Minns. He sat by Lilla Paulus in Houston when she was tried for her involvement in the murder of John Hill. He stood with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson while she was fighting for her political life against DA Ronnie Earle in Austin. He represented Ramsey Muniz, La Raza Unida’s candidate for Governor, as he fought a losing battle over drugs and he took up for Juana Leija, the mother who tried to drown all six of her children and herself, when the DA wanted the death penalty.
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That's a start.

on edit: whoops, forgot link http://www.roundtop.com/DeGuerin.htm

[coffeenap]

7. Do you have a link on the DeLay hire? I found info on Koresh.

Thanks.

[grasswire]

9. DeGuerin was representing DeLay on CNN today

....and the title said "DeLay's criminal defense attorney.

[peekaloo]

13. He (DeG) was on 'Nightline' last night. Seemed a tad shaky.

*giggle*

[Tatiana]

You certainly can't make this stuff up. n/t

[Tatiana]

8. dupe n/t

[zbdent]

10. Didn't Bill Frist watch a video of Waco and declare that

Koresh made it out alive and is living in hiding?

:evilgrin: ;)

[Bridget Burke]

11. Dick DeGuerin is a Democrat.

Although he signed on to advise Kinky Friedman in his Campaign for Governor last month.

http://kinkyfriedman.com/news/detail.php?id=80

DeGuerin has had a colorful career. ANYONE is entitled to legal defense--even Kay Bailey Hutchinson (also a client).

[peekaloo]

12. Thank you. I met both him and his brother Mike when I lived in

Houston. They're actually decent people.

Interesting to note that his defense of Hutchison was on charges brought on by Ronnie Earle (or am I wrong).

[Bridget Burke]

14. Yes, Ronnie Earle brought the charges...

In 1993, Hutchison and her team of attorney's - led by Dick DeGuerin, the $700-an-hour hotshot criminal lawyer and defender of Branch Dividian David Koresh - were fighting charges that she had abused her office as state treasurer. The evidence portrayed Hutchison as a termagant who verbally and physically abused her staff, including testimony that while in a tirade, she hit executive assistant Sharon Connally Ammann, the daughter of former governor John Connally, on the shoulder with a notebook binder. Another deputy had been Warren Idsal, the son-in-law of Hutchison's best friend and mentor, legendary ultra-right-wing Texan and Nixon adviser Anne Armstrong. She fired Idsal and later cited his removal as a threat to a frustrated staffer of her tough approach to personnel management. The evidence also showed she ordered a purge of backup computer tapes containing personal and political documents her executive staff produced for her. Conviction for the Nixon-like charges would have ruined her politically. Hutchison claimed the chief prosecutor, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, was part of a sinister conspiracy against her.

www.famoustexans.com/kaybaileyhutchison.htm

She was acquitted, with help from the media & the usual Republican suspects.

[psychonaut]

15. i would call that ironic

but as theres no difference between delay and koresh, i dont see whats wrong with it