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Via Reuters: Indicted DeLay leaves House leadership post

A grand jury in Travis County, Texas, indicted DeLay on a single felony conspiracy charge related to fund-raising activities by a political action committee he created, CNN and the Austin American-Statesman newspaper reported.

“I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the actions of the Travis County District Attorney today,” DeLay said in a statement.

Republican Party rules require DeLay to step aside in response to an indictment, although he can remain in Congress.

Wow. However, I have to admit, it has seemed as if we would eventually be at this spot eventually–both because it looked like Ronnie Earl was gunnin’ for DeLay and because, quite honestly, DeLay has seemed a bit overly in love with his own power and position and so I am not surprised that something happened that would allow for an indictment.

I do not know enough at this time to evaluate the seriousness of the charge or the likelihood that it will stick.

At any rate, this damages DeLay and, along with Frist, is damaging the GOP’s collective reputation.

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2 Responses to “DeLay Indicted, Steps Down from Leadership”

Outside The Beltway Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
Bloggers React to DeLay Indictment

There has been a veritable blogswarm over the DeLay indictment.

From the Left:

Chris Bowers: “The Repulican Noise Machine is going to push the ‘partisan politics’ line on this one hard. I am already seeing people on CNN and MSNB…
Signifying Nothing Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Today is a good day to indict

Tom DeLay just got his ass indicted, and while that’s a far cry from him getting convicted (the old phrase about most prosecutors being able to get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich springs to mind), it’s still not promising for his future poli…

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