From: "Robert G Lewis" 

There were apparently money transfers within the 60 day window

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0929-14.htm

Has links to the documents.

Whether Delay is guilty or not is now in the hands of the Texas Courts.

Bob Lewis

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:433c47d7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's wholly unrelated to Delay.  Sorry to disappoint you.  Delay is
> apparently charged (without any evidence or specifics apparently) of
> conspiring to cause corp A to do something bad with corp B.  Neither of
> the
> corps are charged with doing anything bad.  So he's charged with
> conspiring
> to make some corp do a bad thing, but apparently there is no evidence of
> the
> corps actually doing a bad thing.
>
> The reason for that is that the acts the corps did were perfectly legal
> and
> Delay has been charged with conspiring to cause corp A and corp B to do
> something which was in fact perfectly legal.
>
> The exact statute involved is really about corp A giving money to
> politicians within 60 days of the election.  The problem is the money was
> given months before 60 days before the election and isn't a violation
> period.  So then Earle trumped up this conspiracy charge that involves a
> conspiracy to pay money out of the wrong bank account.  Ohhhh...   what a
> charge.  Conspiracy to write a check from the wrong bank account.
>
> Its completely laughable.  There is no case and no charge.  The case will
> never go to trial just as Earle has done so many times in the past on
> these
> baseless political indictments the case will be dismissed.  Earle won't go
> to trial because he has no case and he knows he has no case.
>
> Just keep watching.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:433c34f8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> So was that a liberal Democrat FBI Agent that Safavian is accused of
>> lying
>> to? 
>>
>>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/09/29/BL2005092900472.
html
>>
>> And they are sure to add that Republican lobbyist (and close DeLay pal)
> Jack
>> Abramoff is under indictment in one case and under investigation in
> others,
>> while the top White House procurement official, David Safavian, was
> accused
>> last week of lying and obstruction in the Abramoff probe. A special
>> prosecutor is still sniffing around the Valerie Plame leak, and the FDA
>> commissioner quit weeks into his tenure for failing to report holdings on
>> his financial disclosure form, says the NYT .
>>
>> http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/opinion/12759763.htm
>> Safavian was arrested on charges unrelated to his procurement duties. The
>> FBI says he lied to federal investigators in the 18-month investigation
>> of
>> ultimate administration insider, lobbyist Jack Abramahoff.
>>
>> That may not sound like a big thing. But it was enough to earn Martha
>> Stewart and Lil' Kim some slammer time.
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:433c259b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >
>> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> > news:433b4cf4{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> The partisan DA has prosecuted 3 times more Democrats for violating
>> >> fundraising rules in Texas. Now Delay is blaming a newspaper for
> putting
>> >> pressure on the prosecutor.
>> >>
>> >
>> > So many facts and so little understanding.  At the time he prosecuted
> two
>> > big Texas Democrats, Texas politics was that all statewide offices were
>> > held
>> > by democrats.  Democrats ruled state politics and the legislature with
> an
>> > Iron hand, more or less, and there were NO Republicans in statewide
>> > office.
>> > At that time the opponents of this liberal political hack named Ronnie
>> > Earle
>> > were *CONSERVATIVE* Democrats and he prosecuted them on trumped up
> charges
>> > that weren't successful either.  He has a history of prosecuting anyone
>> > who
>> > opposes him or he doesn't like, and his 3 page indictment of Delay and
>> > others yesterday doesn't allege Delay did anything.  At a press
> conference
>> > when asked to explain what Delay had done that was wrong, he was unable
> to
>> > provide any intelligible answer.
>> >
>> > The case against Delay will NEVER go to trial.  The indictment may not
>> > survive a motion to quash, or the charges will be dismissed by a Judge.
>> >
>> > In fact some of the things Ronnie Earle has done in his career would be
>> > federal felonies if done by a U.S. Attorney, such as his indict for
>> > extortion schemes he has regularly pulled.  This is where he indicts a
>> > person or corporation and then negotiates the dismissal of the
> indictment
>> > in
>> > exchange for MONEY being contributed to Ronnie Earle's political causes
> or
>> > charities that his wife and children happen to run, etc.
>> >
>> > The ultimate loser this time around is going to be Ronnie Earle.  He is
>> > going to face investigations by the bar for unethical conduct, he may
> get
>> > yanked from the Delay case for unethical conduct and/or lack of
>> > jurisdiction
>> > to bring this trumped up charge.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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