Tom Delay Convicted of Laundering Charges

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7308000.html

AUSTIN – After almost 19 hours of deliberations, a Travis County jury today convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on felony charges of political money laundering.

DeLay faces two to 20 years in prison on a conspiracy charge and five to 99 years or life on a money laundering charge. DeLay remains free on bail, with sentencing tentatively set for Dec. 20.

DeLay and his family did not react when the verdict was read. But after the court was dismissed, DeLay received a hug and a kiss from his wife. Then, his adult daughter, Dani, buried her face into DeLay's shoulder and began sobbing. DeLay's face turned red as he fought back tears.

DeLay's defense lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, who has claimed no money laundering actually occurred, decried the verdict.

"This is a terrible miscarriage of justice," DeGuerin said. "We will appeal. I'm very, very disappointed. This will never stand up on appeal."

DeLay, as he has from the beginning, said the case was all politics, but said his religious faith is getting him through.

"I'm not going to blame anyone," he said. "This is an abuse of power. It's a miscarriage of justice. And I still maintain that I am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our system."

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fact is....he is now a convict and should not be given any special treatment, other than possibly protective housing ....

i don't know much about the case to weigh in on whether his appeal has a chance...
 
Jailhouse Rock!

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Tom DeLay has been convicted for money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a sentence of anything from probation to life in prison. Most everyone is hoping for the latter.

Prosecutors claim the money helped Republicans take control of the Texas House. That enabled the GOP majority to push through a Delay-engineered congressional redistricting plan that sent more Texas Republicans to Congress in 2004 and strengthened DeLay's political power.

In 1994, the Republicans were in control of both chambers in Congress, DeLay, along with Gingrich and conservative activist Grover Norquist, helped start the K Street Project, an effort to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire only Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials.

DeLay made political news when he became perhaps the most famous Republican yet to promote the "birther" conspiracy theory about President Barack Obama.

DeLay may be the most corrupt ever member of the US House of Representatives. But he claims that God talks to him.

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Damocles said:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7308000.html

AUSTIN – After almost 19 hours of deliberations, a Travis County jury today convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on felony charges of political money laundering.

DeLay faces two to 20 years in prison on a conspiracy charge and five to 99 years or life on a money laundering charge. DeLay remains free on bail, with sentencing tentatively set for Dec. 20.

DeLay and his family did not react when the verdict was read. But after the court was dismissed, DeLay received a hug and a kiss from his wife. Then, his adult daughter, Dani, buried her face into DeLay's shoulder and began sobbing. DeLay's face turned red as he fought back tears.

DeLay's defense lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, who has claimed no money laundering actually occurred, decried the verdict.

"This is a terrible miscarriage of justice," DeGuerin said. "We will appeal. I'm very, very disappointed. This will never stand up on appeal."

DeLay, as he has from the beginning, said the case was all politics, but said his religious faith is getting him through.

"I'm not going to blame anyone," he said. "This is an abuse of power. It's a miscarriage of justice. And I still maintain that I am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our system."

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The irony of the last remark, "The criminalization of politics undermines our system."

Where was Mr.Delay during the Clinton witch hunt?
 
how many years did it take to convict him?

i doubt that he will win an appeal and will actually go to jail...for a minimum period of time...after all he was convicted in texas

or maybe not - i guess we shall find out if we wait long enough
 
Schadenfreude said:
as i recall, he was impeached by the house and acquitted by the senate
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Exactly, but there are tons of people that think his lying under oath was perjury. It was obstruction, and he lost his law license because of it. It was not, however, perjury. The lie under oath MUST be about a matter which is material to the case. Clinton lied about having sex with Monica Lewinsky in testimony in a sexual harassment case. Consensual sex is not admissible in a sexual harassment case. While he should not have lied about it, it would not have been allowed as evidence in the Paula Jones case. His legal counsel should have objected, Clinton should have answered the question and then the lawyers would have taken it before the judge who would have sustained the objection. There was a gag order in the case and had it been made public it would have the same effect it had on him that it did anyway and his attorney's could have had Jones' attorney sanctioned or even held in contempt. It was, exactly what the judge ruled it, obstruction of justice.
 
Damocles said:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7308000.html

AUSTIN – After almost 19 hours of deliberations, a Travis County jury today convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on felony charges of political money laundering.

DeLay faces two to 20 years in prison on a conspiracy charge and five to 99 years or life on a money laundering charge. DeLay remains free on bail, with sentencing tentatively set for Dec. 20.

DeLay and his family did not react when the verdict was read. But after the court was dismissed, DeLay received a hug and a kiss from his wife. Then, his adult daughter, Dani, buried her face into DeLay's shoulder and began sobbing. DeLay's face turned red as he fought back tears.

DeLay's defense lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, who has claimed no money laundering actually occurred, decried the verdict.

"This is a terrible miscarriage of justice," DeGuerin said. "We will appeal. I'm very, very disappointed. This will never stand up on appeal."

DeLay, as he has from the beginning, said the case was all politics, but said his religious faith is getting him through.

"I'm not going to blame anyone," he said. "This is an abuse of power. It's a miscarriage of justice. And I still maintain that I am innocent. The criminalization of politics undermines our system."

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I must say that I am very happy that DeLay was convicted.

I hope he gets life with a $10 million fine. Or more $ than he has.:clink:
 
Liberty said:
I'm sure he was impeached by the Senate, but not removed. (by the Senate)
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per article II, section 4 - he must be impeached - tried by the senate and convicted to be removed from office, however, the process of impeachment begins in the house

the process used to try andrew johnson was used on clinton - both trials resulted in acquittal (not convicted)
 
Liberty said:
Thx!

I'll check it out this weekend.
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from wiki -

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