The Hammer Is Free

A Texas appellate court has overturned the conviction of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) for allegedly scheming to influence Texas state elections with corporate money.

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DeLay, 66, was convicted in 2010 for allegedly trying to influence Texas elections by funneling corporate money to various candidates. Prosecutors said that the money helped the GOP win control of the Texas House and that the majority then pushed through a DeLay-organized congressional redistricting plan that sent more Republicans to Congress. The Justice Department has joined lawsuits challenging the makeup of the map, claiming it unfairly draws minority communities out of certain districts.

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The decision formally acquits DeLay of all charges, but it could still be appealed by the government.

  WaPo

And will.

[Delay] said the legal troubles were hard on his family and called the indictment "an outrageous criminalization of politics."

The way we practice politics IS criminal, isn’t it?

When asked if he planned to return to the political arena, DeLay said he "never left it" but would "probably not" run for elected office again. "There's too much other things that the Lord wants me to do.”

Thank you, Lord.

” But around the political arena, I'm around. They never got rid of me."

We must try harder.