Whatever happened to Tom DeLay?
KVUE blog asks "Whatever happened to Tom DeLay?" As in, whatever happened to the Ronnie Earle case against DeLay?
Ronnie's Earle goal from the get-go was political, and that is proven by the fact that he (in defiance of ethical standards) spoke of hisintention to indict Delay in front of a partisan Democrat gathering a long time before it was returned. In fact, he screwed up the indictment and had to convene another grand jury to 'fix' the indictment. and then ...
"Texas courts threw out the charge that he and two associates conspired to violate state election law."
Well, that is because Earle charged Delay with violation of a law that didnt even exist in 2002, in defiance of our Constitutional ex post facto rights. A Judge promptly tossed it out on its ear.
So a partisan DA brings a weak case for political purposes, and in similar cases has let defendants 'get off' by giving donations to Earle's favorite causes (another unethical stunt). The goal from the get-go was to destroy Delay's career. Mission accomplished even if in the end a jury finds Earle's accusations worthless.
Maybe the successor DA will do the right thing and quietly drop the case.
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With Ronnie Earle retiring, we now have the perfect opportunity to ask the Legislature to move the Public Integrity Unit out of the Travis County DA's office and move it to the Attorney General's office.
The Public Integrity Unit investigates and indicts all state and federal elected officials in Texas for violations of law. Ronnie Earle has politicized the office towards a slanted agenda.
This is not to say the Attorney General wouldn't either, but the AG is elected and held accountable by voters statewide instead of a small cross-section sliver of Central Austin voters.
If Rosemary Lehmberg wins on April 8, Earle will still have a way to push his political agenda around the DA's office.
If Lemberg wins, the first order of business will be the investigation of the laws here own campaign violated when her paid consultant Fero libelled Keel over Montford.
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