Tom DeLay Begins His Defense With A Big Mistake

[babylonsister]

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DeLay Begins His Defense With A Big Mistake
Rachel Slajda | November 18, 2010, 9:53AM


Tom DeLay's lawyers began his defense yesterday by helping prove the prosecution's case.

DeLay, the former Republican House majority leader, is standing trial in Texas on allegations that he orchestrated a money swap. In 2002, his Texas PAC gave $190,000 in corporate money to the RNC, which then turned around and gave a total of $190,000 to seven Texas state house candidates picked by DeLay's PAC. Under Texas law, corporate money cannot be used to fund state campaigns.

The defense has argued repeatedly that DeLay was not involved in the PAC's day-to-day operations and, as such, did not know about the swap until after the fact.

But yesterday, DeLay's lawyer seemed to prove otherwise. According to the Houston Chronicle, his lawyer introduced scheduling calendars in an attempt to show that DeLay only had meetings with the PAC's director, Jim Ellis, weeks after the swap happened.

But he missed something: DeLay and Ellis attended the same meeting just hours after Ellis had taken out a blank check from the PAC to give to the RNC for the swap. Prosecutors, however, pointed that out. From the Chronicle:

"I just missed that one," DeGuerin said sheepishly afterward, noting he only had obtained the calendar on Sunday. "The (Sept. 11) meeting was with a bunch of other people."

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/delay_begins_his_defense_with_a_big_mistake.php?ref=fpb

[Ikonoklast]

1. And "BOOM!" goes the dynamite.

I always get a big kick out people that think they can fabricate their own reality and try to pass it off as 'fact' in a court of law, even after depositions taken during discovery already established the major facts of the case.

Judges love defendants like that. They like people wasting their time.


And prosecutors tend to like sloppy defending attorneys, too. Makes their lives oh! so much easier.

[lame54]

2. I hope there is no delay on prosecuting him

[UTUSN]

3. K&R #9 for, holding my breath & crossing my fingers n/t

[bullwinkle428]

4. Cue the sad trombones, and get the orange jumpsuit ready!