Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Toxic Tommy is out as majority leader
In a story from the Mercury News regarding Ronnie Earle's subpoena of records from Duke Cunningham's alleged paymaster and unindicted co-conspirator Brent Wilkes and his companies we find this little tidbit at the end.
DeLay, who denies wrongdoing, has been pressing for a quick resolution to his case so he can regain his majority leader job before his colleagues call for new leadership elections.If Tommy is still under indictment when Congress reconvenes, a new majority leader will be chosen. Even Fat Denny won't delay the opening any longer than he already has.
But Earle on Monday asked a judge to halt DeLay's trial while he appeals the dismissal of the conspiracy charge. The judge in the case has said he is unlikely to move forward with the case while the district attorney appeals, but set a pretrial hearing for Dec. 27.
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