Delay's attempt to get his charges thrown out were
dashed by Texas Judge Pat Priest who refused to throw out the prosecution's money laundering charge (despite throwing out the conspiracy charge on a technicality):
A senior district judge today dismissed one felony indictment but upheld another against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, dashing DeLay's hopes for a speedy resolution to his case.
A quick ruling in DeLay's favor from Senior District Judge Pat Priest throwing the case out of court was crucial to the Sugar Land Republican's efforts to regain his post as U.S. House majority leader. He was forced to step down when he was indicted in September.
Priest had told DeLay's lawyers last month that if he upheld either of the indictments, he would be unable to hold a trial for DeLay before early next year.
Long and short of it is: Delay remains under indictment and his case will proceed to trial. In the interim, he has no hope of regaining his majority leader position, and he may lose it for good if the Republican House majority holds an election for the position.
So -- don't let the Repub talking points fiends try to spin this as a victory for Delay.