First Grand Jury Declined to Indict DeLay
By SUZANNE GAMBOA
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 5, 2005; 1:22 PM
WASHINGTON -- A grand jury in Texas declined to indict former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two of his associates last week before another grand jury indicted them on money laundering charges.
"We have inquired carefully into the case" and "failed to find a bill of indictment against him," the grand jury said. A judge then issued an order of "no-bill" for DeLay and his associates Jim Ellis and John Colyandro.
Representative Tom Delay, R-Tex., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 file photo, after resigning as House Majority Leader following his indictment by a Texas grand jury on conspiracy charges. A Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, FILE)
Representative Tom Delay, R-Tex., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 file photo, after resigning as House Majority Leader following his indictment by a Texas grand jury on conspiracy charges. A Texas grand jury indicted DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, FILE) (Dennis Cook - AP)
Copies of the no-bill do not contain the alleged charges or offense dates, according to the Travis County district clerk's office.
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