Wednesday, October 19, 2005
A High Order of Bungling
As an ex-prosecutor, I am amazed and dismayed by the utter lack of competence shown by Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle and his office. Apparently, his dog ate the single most important piece of evidence he supposedly had in the DeLay indictments. Well, maybe not that, but he can't produce it. Money quote from the Houston Chronicle:
Indictments against DeLay, Jim Ellis and John Colyandro state that Ellis gave "a document that contained the names of several candidates for the Texas House" to a Republican National Committee official in 2002 in a scheme to swap $190,000 in restricted corporate money for the same amount of money from individuals that could be legally used by Texas candidates.
But prosecutors said Friday in court that they only had a "similar" list and not the one allegedly received by then-RNC Deputy Director Terry Nelson.
I have to think now that the indictments, seriously suspect from the git go, are complete shams and Mr. Earle is nothing but a political hack and a disgrace to his profession.
Indictments against DeLay, Jim Ellis and John Colyandro state that Ellis gave "a document that contained the names of several candidates for the Texas House" to a Republican National Committee official in 2002 in a scheme to swap $190,000 in restricted corporate money for the same amount of money from individuals that could be legally used by Texas candidates.
But prosecutors said Friday in court that they only had a "similar" list and not the one allegedly received by then-RNC Deputy Director Terry Nelson.
I have to think now that the indictments, seriously suspect from the git go, are complete shams and Mr. Earle is nothing but a political hack and a disgrace to his profession.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 1:11 AM 
