StevenBiskupic http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5481/all en Partisan Prosecutors on Only One Side of the Political Aisle http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/partisan-prosecutors-only-one-side-political-aisle <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Some Ask&quot; if Republican attorneys are being unfair to Democrats. Did anyone ask Tom DeLay for comment. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The Times didn't exactly rush to the aide of conservative former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in his defense against Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle, who indicted DeLay in 2005 on charges of conspiring to violate Texas election law by contributing corporate money to candidates for the Texas Legislature in 2002. Upon indictment, DeLay resigned his Majority Leader post and later retired from Congress. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/partisan-prosecutors-only-one-side-political-aisle" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Crime EricLipton NewYorkTimes NYTimes RalphBlumenthal RonnieEarl StevenBiskupic TimesWatch TimesWatch.org TomDeLay U.S.Attorneys Tue, 01 May 2007 20:23:00 +0000 admin 5559 at http://archive2.mrc.org