Politically motivated
Well, it seems that the Democrats will stop at nothing to get what they want. Ronnie Earle Cleared DeLay Two Weeks Ago.
You find out that you've been all but cleared of any wrongdoing, then you get hit with a nebulous conspiracy charge and everything changes.
Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle's announcement yesterday that he was indicting House Majority Leader Tom DeLay came a little more than two weeks after Earle gave clear indications that the top Republican was off the hook."I have never said that DeLay is a target of the investigation," Earle told the Dallas Morning News on Sept. 10.
So why the indictment?
DeLay says reports that he was off the hook prompted a firestorm of outrage from national Democrats, who pressured Earle to reverse course."Do you really believe that the national Democrat leaders that announced that they were going to take this strategy ... never picked up the phone and talked to Ronnie Earle?" he asked the Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" Wednesday night.
An interesting point, one unfortunately that will never be proven, at least without a court order for phone records.
In this case, a glancing hit is just as good as a bullseye. Even if DeLay beats the rap, the damage will have been done. He will always be known as the "formerly indicted" Senator.