The maximum sentence is LIFE IN PRISON.
Here is his defense, as laid out in the Austin American-Statesman:
The laundered check was dated Sept. 13, 2002 and the statute of limitations is 3 years.
UPDATE: Earle has his bases covered.
The Statesman reporter was taken in by DeLay’s lawyer. Yet the same lawyer was more forthcoming apparently with the Washington Post:
Yesterday’s indictments maintained the waiver was still in effect. But DeGuerin said in an interview that Earle may have brought the new charges so speedily because he was uncertain of his ground on that issue. A key transaction in the alleged conspiracy — the payment of $190,000 by the RNC to the Texas Republican candidates — occurred on Oct. 4, 2002, or three years ago today.
It’s almost disappointing, it sure would have been a lot of fun to see Delay try to wiggle out of a serious criminal charge by using a statute of limitations technicality.
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