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Another Ted Stevens.
DeLay conviction overturned
Posted by CNN Political Unit
(CNN) – Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges was overturned Thursday by a court in Texas.
DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful men on Capitol Hill, was convicted in 2010 for allegedly trying to influence Texas elections by trying to channel nearly $200,000 in corporate donations to Republicans running for the state legislature, which is prohibited by Lone Star state law. Delay, who served more than two decades in the House before resigning in 2006, was sentenced to three years in prison.
"Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain DeLay's convictions, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal," said an opinion from the District Court of Travis County, Texas.
DeLay was visiting Capitol Hill on Thursday. He was praying in the House chapel when his phone rang and his lawyer told him the news, a source close to DeLay told CNN.
DeLay then headed over to lunch with his former colleagues in the Texas delegation at their weekly lunch.
"He said he felt vindicated," Rep. Randy Neugebauer told CNN as he left the lunch.
The U.S. Department of Justice ended its own investigation of Delay in 2010 without filing any criminal charges against the former congressman. He has been free on bail pending appeal of his conviction.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/19/delay-conviction-overturned/?hpt=hp_t2
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Another Ted Stevens.
DeLay conviction overturned
Posted by CNN Political Unit
(CNN) – Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges was overturned Thursday by a court in Texas.
DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful men on Capitol Hill, was convicted in 2010 for allegedly trying to influence Texas elections by trying to channel nearly $200,000 in corporate donations to Republicans running for the state legislature, which is prohibited by Lone Star state law. Delay, who served more than two decades in the House before resigning in 2006, was sentenced to three years in prison.
"Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain DeLay's convictions, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal," said an opinion from the District Court of Travis County, Texas.
DeLay was visiting Capitol Hill on Thursday. He was praying in the House chapel when his phone rang and his lawyer told him the news, a source close to DeLay told CNN.
DeLay then headed over to lunch with his former colleagues in the Texas delegation at their weekly lunch.
"He said he felt vindicated," Rep. Randy Neugebauer told CNN as he left the lunch.
The U.S. Department of Justice ended its own investigation of Delay in 2010 without filing any criminal charges against the former congressman. He has been free on bail pending appeal of his conviction.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/19/delay-conviction-overturned/?hpt=hp_t2
Hardly....Delay was guilty as sin but he covered his tracks well enough for that to happen. He's no angel
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Hardly....Delay was guilty as sin but he covered his tracks well enough for that to happen. He's no angel
::) "Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain DeLay's convictions, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal," said an opinion from the District Court of Travis County, Texas.
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Hardly....Delay was guilty as sin but he covered his tracks well enough for that to happen. He's no angel
Just like "we all know Zimmerman was a murderer"
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We now know that DeLay was 100% innocent. LOL.
In terms of how many billions congressman piss away on a weekly basis, it always strikes me as weird when a dude will go to prison for a pithy 200k moved from the wrong person to wrong fund, ya know?
That kevin spacey movie about jack abramoff was totally awesome - made he and delay totally likable.
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waiting for the next step: appeal.