Any plea deal from Jack Abramoff probably would have sunk Tom DeLay — sunk any chance, that is, that he could reclaim his position as House Majority Leader. But it was the specifics of the Abramoff deal that sealed DeLay’s fate.
The documents released last week make clear that prosecutors are readying a case against DeLay’s former staffer Tony Rudy. And available evidence suggests they’re trying to flip him to get to DeLay himself.
This piece from the Post is actually from yesterday’s paper. But in got lost in the shuffle after DeLay announced he was bowing out of the struggle to reclaim the Majority Leader’s post. It does a good job laying out what the case against Rudy is and what it may mean for those above him.
