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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Indicted in Campaign Finance Probe  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
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Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
DeLay indicted on conspiracy charges  —  House majority leader's position in jeopardy.  —  A Travis County grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on one count of criminal conspiracy, jeopardizing the Sugar Land Republican's leadership role as the second most powerful Texan in Washington, D.C.
Michelle Malkin:
TOM DELAY INDICTED  —  ***scroll down for updates...statement from Earle's office...press conference details...Dreier recommended as replacement...Smear attack on Dreier...NRCC statement...legal analysis and background on Earle...235pmEDT blogging the Earle press conference...Ileana Ros-Lehtinen …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
DELAY INDICTED  —  Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in connection with the same campaign finance investigation that Earle has been conducting for a long time.  Earle is a notorious Democratic Party hack whom we've written about before.
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
On The Delay Indictment And Dreier Smear  —  I heard about the Delay indictment in the car an hour or so ago, but have just gotten home and haven't had time to read much on it.  Michelle Malkin has a really good roundup including a post a from ABP that says this will be a rocky ride for Republicans, at least in the short term.
Media Blog on National Review Online:
DeLay Indictment  —  Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Tom DeLay, for reasons that have entirely to do with the expansion of entitlement spending under his watch (see Bruce Bartlett's excellent piece on NRO today for details).  But having said that, this indictment is totally phony.  Here's why:
nbc5i.com:
DeLay Lashes Out After Campaign Finance Indictment  —  WASHINGTON — Saying he has "truth on his side," House majority leader Tom DeLay is insisting he did nothing wrong.  —  Instead, the Texas Republican called his indictment a "sham" and an act of blatant political partisanship by a rogue Democratic prosecutor out for revenge.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and QandO
Mark R. Levin / The Corner on National Review Online:
DELAY
Reuters:
Blunt picked to replace DeLay as US House leader
TheStreet.com:
DeLay Charged With Conspiracy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:   Let's be Blunt  —  All indications were the Rep. David Dreier …
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
DELAY INDICTED  —  There's a good discussion about it going on in The Corner.
Discussion: WILLisms.com and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Museum Dropped From WTC Site for Now  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Bowing to pressure from furious Sept. 11 families, Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday removed a proposed freedom museum from the space reserved for it at ground zero, saying the project had aroused ''too much opposition, too much controversy.''
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Bloomberg:
Frist Faces Heat as SEC Orders Formal Investigation (Update2)  —  Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist faces a near-term ordeal unwelcome to anyone, particularly an ambitious politician: an official probe into his personal financial dealings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Media Matters for America:
Bill Bennett: "[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down"  —  Addressing a caller's suggestion that the "lost revenue from the people who have been aborted in the last 30 years" would be enough to preserve Social Security's solvency …
Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
TARGETING FISHBACK:  —  The torture end-game is approaching - and Rumsfeld and Cheney know it.  What is now being done to the hero, Captain Ian Fishback, who braved 17 months of obstruction, threats and intimidation by military brass to keep quiet, is a national disgrace.
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U.S. Newswire:
Justice Department Releases List of Pardons Granted by President Bush  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ — President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 14 individuals:  — Gene Armand Bridger, Elkhart, Ind.  —  Offense: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and mail fraud; 18 U.S.C. 2, 371, and 1341.
Discussion: Wampum and TalkLeft

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