Texas Appeals Court Overturns Tom DeLay’s Money Laundering Conviction

FILE- In this Sept. 19, 2012, file photo, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay speaks about his upcoming appeal on a money laundering conviction at his attorney's office in Houston. Attorneys for DeLay and the Trav... FILE- In this Sept. 19, 2012, file photo, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay speaks about his upcoming appeal on a money laundering conviction at his attorney's office in Houston. Attorneys for DeLay and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office were set to make oral arguments Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 before the 3rd Court of Appeals. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) MORE LESS
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A Texas Court of Appeals overturned former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s (R-TX) conviction of money laundering on Thursday, finding the trial court’s decision “legally insufficient to sustain DeLay’s convictions,” KHOU reported.

A court convicted and sentenced DeLay to three years in prison in 2010 for allegedly scheming to improperly influence Texas elections by helping to illegally steer corporate money to candidates in 2002. DeLay has since been waging a lenghty appeals process, and was acquitted Thursday.

Read the appeals court opinion here.

 

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