Lawmaker DeLay goes to court in Texas case
Posted on: Friday, 21 October 2005, 10:35 CDT
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Rep. Tom DeLay appeared in court on Friday on campaign-finance charges, for a session cut short by his lawyers' charges that the judge is a Democrat who cannot give a fair trial to the former second-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives.
State District Judge Bob Perkins said he would ask another judge to rule on a motion by DeLay attorney Dick DeGuerin that he step aside from the case because he contributed money to Democratic candidates and to the activist group MoveOn.org.
"It seems to me this is going to be a continuing issue when there's a Democratic judge and Republican defendant," Perkins said.
DeLay, once one of the nation's most powerful politicians but now an indicted felon fighting for his political life, strode into the heavily secured courtroom with a smile on his face and wife Christine by his side.
Because of the abbreviated hearing, he did not stand before the judge to hear the charges against him or make any statements in court.
Source: REUTERS
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