Forget the rest of the new TV season, we already have the comedy hit of the year! He's not just a partisan hack abusing his office,
he's amusingly incompetent:
So, as many of you already know, Ronnie Earle rushed to empanel a new grand jury when Tom DeLay's lawyer moved to quash the, uhhh, "indictment" he already had in hand. The reason? The law he was indicted on was passed in 2003. The transaction [that] supposedly violating that law occurred in 2002.
Talk about loose sh*t. I guess Ronnie Earle was absent the day they taught law in law school.
But ace legal eagle that he is, Ronnie ran right out to find another grand jury, only they weren't buying
his BS -
Grand Jury Saw DeLay Prosecutor As Lacking:
A prosecutor tried to convince a grand jury that Rep. Tom DeLay gave tacit approval to a series of laundered campaign contributions and became angry when jurors refused to indict, according to two sources directly familiar with the proceeding.
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The sources, who only commented anonymously because of grand jury secrecy, said Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle became visibly angry when the grand jurors last week signed a document declining to indict, known as a "no bill."
One source said the sole evidence Earle presented was a DeLay interview with the prosecutor, in which DeLay said he was generally aware of activities of his associates. He is charged in an alleged money laundering scheme to funnel corporate money to Texas legislative candidates in violation of state law.
The source said that Earle tried to convince the jurors that if DeLay "didn't say, 'Stop it,' he gave his tacit approval."
The mood was unpleasant," another source said, describing Earle's reaction.
It's a laff riot! But
the fun doesn't end there:
After his initial indictment of Tom DeLay fell apart, he went to a second grand jury, presented his evidence, and the grand jury refused to return any charge against DeLay. Undeterred, Earle then went to a third grand jury that was more pliable and agreed to a "money laundering" indictment on the basis of what could only have been, at most, a few hours of "evidence."
Stay tuned - more episodes to come! But remember folks, he's not really a lawyer, he just plays one on TV and
in the movies.
