God, this is appalling. Because Tom Delay was indicted under a law referring to cash, and his money laundering all involved checks, an appelate court has ruled that the charges against him should be dropped.
This is being reported today in the Austin American Statesman and was picked up by the Washington Times. http://washingtontimes.com/...
The Austin American-Statesman is reporting Monday morning that Tom DeLay's lawyer says he thinks he can get all the charges dismissed against his client based on a ruling in a related case that Texas law didn't ban money laundering using checks, only cash.