DeLay Money Laundering Case May Finally Be Headed To Trial

[deminks]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/finally_delay_money_laundering_case_may_be_headed.php?ref=fpb

Five years after he was charged with conspiracy and money laundering in an alleged scheme to funnel corporate money into the 2002 Texas elections, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may soon stand trial after a ruling by a state appeals court cleared perhaps the final remaining obstacles in the case.

And his lawyer tells TPMmuckraker DeLay couldn't be happier with the state of the case.

"He wants to go to trial. He's been wanting to go to trial from the very beginning," says Dick DeGuerin, the high-profile Texas defense attorney who is representing DeLay. "There's no evidence by any stretch of the imagination that could convict him."

DeLay and the two other men allegedly raised $190,000 in corporate money in Texas through a fundraising committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, and sent it the Republican National Committee, which in turn distributed the money to candidates in Texas, where corporate donations are banned.

[MagickMuffin]

1. About DAMN TIME ;=D

I hope he is found guilty :evilgrin:

[DebbieCDC]

2. Oh sure, he wants to go to trial

:rofl:

[MUAD_DIB]

9. No lawyer would say that about his client. What BS.

[malaise]

14. He 's dying to dance with the stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

[movonne]

3. does anyone think he will go to jail...but there is no one that would

deserve it more than him..well maybe not...cheney,rummie,and then delay...

[gratuitous]

4. I'll just bet Hot Tub Tom couldn't be happier

His career didn't outlast the charges, and I doubt very seriously that he wants to get into any kind of a trial setting. But let's see what happens, let the evidence be presented in open court before 12 good citizens and true, and let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a neverending stream.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Did somebody say "Hot Tub Tom"?

[gratuitous]

10. Ow! I'm telling God

You're going to spend a little more time in Purgatory for that one.

[Dappleganger]

5. K&R nt

[Canuckistanian]

6. What a f***ing weasel

Having exhausted his last, desperate attempt to stall his trial, his legal team states "they couldn't be happier" that the trial is finally going forward.

It's like his mugshot - the giant grin that says "Hey, this whole thing is a joke, I'm really having fun"

[wildbilln864]

8. k&r! nt

[Solly Mack]

11. Let's hope so

[Stinky The Clown]

12. IAFT

Its about fucking time!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. They need to tack on an assault charge. I suffered hysterical blindness after seeing him on DWTS

[Soylent Brice]

15. K&R

[UTUSN]

16. K&R #17 n/t