Tom Delay was in court today
Asking the judge to throw out charges against him. But it looks like he'll have to wait for an answer:
Defense attorneys and prosecutors presented arguments Tuesday before Senior Judge Pat Priest, who said he wanted to read written responses from both sides before making his ruling. He said he would notify attorneys of his ruling either by e-mail or mail, but he didn't say how long that might take.
I'm actually on a fence about this.
Considering what's been made public about the charges, it appears DeLay has indeed been wrongly targeted by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who even engaged in a little gratuitous Grand Jury shopping to get the second charge for money laundering. If a judge throws the case out, Earle may be back in front of a grand jury re-framing his case. And the Democrats will claim he's a crook who got off on a technicality.
On the other hand, an aquittal could get Earle off his back forever, and the Dems would - well, they'd smear him anyway.
I suppose if it were me I might pursue the former, but then again, I don't have a political career to consider.
Any lawyers out there want to comment with some pros and cons on DeLay's case?
