Wow… I never actually expected this day to come, but it seems there IS justice in the world!
CNN.com – Arrest warrant issued for DeLay – Oct 19, 2005:
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid.Bail was initially set at $10,000 as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and money laundering charges. Travis County court officials said DeLay was ordered to appear at the Fort Bend County jail for booking.
Makes me wonder if he’ll use corporate money to post the bail… or even re-election funds …..
The charges against the Texas Republican stem from allegations that a DeLay-founded Texas political committee funneled corporate money into state GOP legislative races through the National Republican Party. Texas law prohibits use of corporate money to elect state candidates.
DeLay is charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, felony counts that triggered House Republican rules that forced him to step aside as majority leader.
Two separate indictments charge that DeLay and two political associates had the money distributed to state legislative candidates in a roundabout way — sending it from the political action committee in Texas to the Republican National Committee in Washington and finally back to candidates’ campaigns.
DeLay has denied wrongdoing.
Well, we all know that there are no guilty men in prison, so this doesn’t surprise me, either. What’d be refreshing is for him to stand up and just take what’s coming to him. Kind of how Clinton did. Oh wait… nevermind, heh.