"enceladus" <enceladus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> DeLay Must Appear in Austin on Charge
> By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press WriterWed Sep 28, 7:52 PM ET
>
> The next step in the criminal proceedings against Republican leader
> Tom DeLay is a trip to Austin to be fingerprinted and photographed.
>
> DeLay was indicted Wednesday on one count of criminal conspiracy for
> his alleged role in a campaign finance scheme that helped give
> Republicans power in the Texas House and in Congress.
>
> DeLay's attorneys were working out the details of when the 11-term
> congressman would return to Texas in hopes of saving him from further
> embarrassment, they said.
>
> "What we're trying to avoid is Ronnie Earle having him taken down in
> handcuffs, and fingerprinted and photographed. That's uncalled for and
> I don't think that's going to happen," said Dick DeGuerin, DeLay's
> attorney.
>
> Earle, the Travis County district attorney, said it is up to the court
> to decide how DeLay would be arraigned.
>
> It was not immediately clear whether DeLay would have to go through
> booking after responding to the summons for arraignment, said his
> attorney Bill White.
>
> A bond amount would be set beforehand so Delay could immediately pay
> it and avoid a stay in jail. He also could waive going before a
> magistrate to have his rights and charges read to him, said Roger
> Wade, Travis County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
>
> DeLay could go to trial in 90 days, which the defense said it favored.
> "We want a trial right away," DeGuerin said. "We want a trial by the
> end of the year."
>
> Buck Wood, an attorney who represents Democrats suing some of the
> corporations that contributed to DeLay's PAC, said although it's
> difficult to go to trial quickly that may best serve DeLay.
>
> "I can understand why Tom DeLay wants a quick trial, because
> politically (the indictment) paralyzes him," Wood said.
>
Anyone interested in knowing the real reason DeLay has been indicted can
google Earle "The Big Buy" and read Byron York's piece on it.
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