Earle Backfills by Bringing Money Laundering Charges as His Conspiracy Charges Die

Texas Prosecutor Cites New Input on DeLay
Earle Doesn't Respond to Lawmaker's Attack
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 5, 2005

The Texas prosecutor overseeing an investigation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) fired back yesterday at criticism by DeLay's lawyers that he brought a new indictment against the powerful legislator on Monday to fix a legal flaw in the first indictment of DeLay last week.

Travis Country District Attorney Ronnie Earle said in a written statement released late yesterday that the new indictment charging DeLay with the criminal felonies of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering was based on new information that "came to the attention of the District Attorney's Office" last weekend.

The statement did not elaborate on whether the new information consisted of testimony, documents or insight, explaining that "because of the laws protecting grand jury secrecy, no other comments can be made."

But the statement was Earle's most detailed account of why the money laundering charges leveled against DeLay on Monday by one grand jury were not issued earlier, during the three-month tenure of a different grand jury that on its final day, Sept. 28, issued a lesser charge of conspiracy to violate the Texas election laws.

Dick DeGuerin pretty much has it right when he says that the new information Earle recieved over the weekend was that the conspiracy charges would not hold up. This conspiracy is going to explode in the Democrats faces, and they are just now beginning to realize it. Look for panic to ensue as they stampede to separate themselves from Ronnie Earle.

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