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In another twist in the Earle v. DeLay case, Travis County district attorney Ronnie Earle’s office staff admitted that they do not have the “actual list” of Republican candidates said to have received illegal funds from DeLay and his associates. The Houston Chronicle reports that Earle and his office advised they had a “similar list” that, ostensibly Earle and his office worked up.
Without the actual list of candidates who reportedly received illegal funds, the cases against DeLay, Ellis and Colyandro fall apart. With no true evidence, there is no case.
www.theconservativevoice.com...
An earlier revelation from Prosecutor Earle’s office claimed that a list of candidates having allegedly received [alleged] “laundered money” from DeLay and two of his associates had ‘been lost’. In order to gain his second indictment of “money laundering” from a grand jury, Earle had presented as evidence ‘the list’ that Earle said he had received from defendant Jim Ellis.
It now appears that this list may never have existed in the first place. The only produced list is one of 17 Texas Republican candidates. Less than half of these are alleged to have received monies in connection with a “DeLay scheme”.
It also appears that Earle and/or his prosecutorial team may have been the creators of the list in question. If true, Earle and his team may be the next group to face grand jury indictments.
www.theconservativevoice.com...
The indictment accused DeLay, 58, of a conspiracy to violate Texas election law, which prohibits the use of corporate donations to advocate the election or defeat of political candidates. Prosecutors say the alleged scheme worked in a roundabout way, with the donations going to a DeLay-founded political committee, then to the Republican National Committee and eventually to GOP candidates in Texas.
The indictment accused DeLay of a conspiracy to “knowingly make a political contribution” in violation of Texas law outlawing corporate contributions. It alleged that DeLay’s Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee accepted $155,000 from companies, including Sears Roebuck, and placed the money in an account.
The PAC then wrote a $190,000 check to an arm of the Republican National Committee and provided the committee a document with the names of Texas State House candidates and the amounts they were supposed to received in donations, the indictment said.
The indictment included a copy of the check.
Originally posted by shots
Jehosephat, I think you missed the point here. They claimed they had a list and did not as they claimed. That is called reasonable doubt to any jury and that is all that is needed.
Originally posted by RANT
I have reasonable doubt to your sources frankly. I clicked on both and read each paragraph. Sounds pretty massaged, if not just made up. Nothing cited. Just smoke screen.
Originally posted by Jamuhn
I guess when you are up to contributor status, there is no way to prevent bias and sketchy sources from entering ATSNN.
Originally posted by shots
Why would he make a lower offer?
My guess is he knows he has a very weak case
Originally posted by RANT
Why did DeLay accept it as most suspect he did by signing away the statue of limitations on conspiracy charges?
Originally posted by shots
Knowing Earles track record from the past, Unlike you, I will take a wait and see attitude before I say someone is guilty.
Originally posted by RANT
Except you think Earle is guilty of something. But given DeLay's substantive track record of ethics violations as admonished by his own party he's not?
I will take a wait and see attitude before I say someone is guilty.
DeLay has been charged with conspiracy and money laundering in a campaign finance scheme tied to his political action committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, or TRMPAC. He could face up to life in prison if convicted.
DeLay has denied any wrongdoing. He is accused of laundering $190,000 in corporate campaign contributions through the Republican National Committee for distribution in 2002 to Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature.
Texas law forbids the use of corporate money in political campaigns.