Critics of law enforcement fail to recognize that material witness statutes are designed with judicial oversight safeguards and are critical to aiding criminal investigations ranging from organized-crime rackets to human trafficking.
They could not get Tom DeLay at the polls. They could not get Mr. DeLay on the House floor. Now they're trying to get him into the courtroom. This is not going to detract from the Republican agenda.
This office will go about its normal course of business.
Is limited to a political organization and does not affect Mr. DeLay.
So far, the level of communication has been very direct, and it's been constant. So far, so good.
Mr. DeLay explained to officials what he has always said publicly: His role with respect to TRMPAC was limited to serving on the political action committee's advisory board along with other elected Texas officials and to appearing at fundraising events.
DeLay assured the district attorney's office that he was not involved in the day-to-day operations of TRMPAC, and to his knowledge all activities were properly reviewed and approved by lawyers for the PAC.
[Some Republicans have blamed Blanco and other local officials for initial missteps.] It's not Louisiana vs. Mississippi, ... It's what went right in Mississippi in planning and recovery vs. what went wrong in Louisiana.
Mr. DeLay explained to officials what he has always said publicly: his role ... was limited to serving on the political action committee's advisory board along with other elected Texas officials and to appearing at fundraising events.
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