A second DeLay indictment: Money Laundering.
Details soon.
Late Update: More from the AP.
Later Update: Also note this clip from a piece in the Austin American-Statesman that ran only a bit earlier this afternoon …
A criminal conspiracy charge against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay should be dismissed because conspiracy laws did not apply to the state election code during the 2002 election, DeLay’s lawyers argued in a brief filed today. The filing represents an attempt at a quick knockout of the case against DeLay, who was indicted last week by a Travis County grand jury. The term of the grand jury ended last week and a deadline to indict DeLay might have expired since then.
DeLay’s lawyer Dick DeGuerin said “rumors are flying” that prosecutors were trying to find a sitting grand jury, who hadn’t heard any of the DeLay case, to return a new money-laundering indictment. In a letter to Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, DeGuerin said DeLay is withdrawing his waiver of the statute of limitations to investigate him. Last month DeLay signed that waiver in an attempt to head off an indictment.
A lot obviously happened today. I’m sure we’ll <$NoAd$> hear more soon.
