Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy?
- By Mary Ann Akers
- Roll Call Staff
- Oct. 3, 2005, Midnight
It didn’t take House Republicans long after an indictment was handed down against Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) before they started spreading a rumor about Democratic coercion. The story went that Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle, who hinted just weeks earlier that he would not indict the Hammer, changed course after Democrats as far up the ladder as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) put the screws to him.
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