The charges against his friends have been brought in liberal Travis County.
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Third, in the Travis County criminal investigation, three of DeLay's most trusted fund-raisers have already been indicted by a grand jury on charges of illegal fund raising and campaigning.
They even considered passing a rule change to allow DeLay to keep his leadership post if indicted by the Travis County grand jury (dropping that plan only after public outcry).
With this victory, I would not be surprised to see the Democrats, and perhaps even the Travis County prosecutor, Ronnie Earle, add Tom DeLay's name to their pending legal actions.
Representative TOM DeLAY (Republican, Texas): A rogue district attorney in Travis County, Texas, named Ronnie Earle charged me with one count of criminal conspiracy, a reckless charge wholly unsupported by the facts.
This morning, in an act of blatant political partisanship, a rogue district attorney in Travis County, Texas named Ronnie Earle charged me with one count of criminal conspiracy, a reckless charge wholly unsupported by the facts.
The case is being closely watched for the evidence it might produce, which could in turn affect a pending criminal investigation, also in Austin, where a Travis County grand jury has indicted several top fund-raisers on similar charges.
Little more than two weeks earlier he had ruled that he did not have jurisdiction to hear the original lawsuit because since the complaint challenged findings of the Railroad Commission, only the Travis County district court in Austin could hear it.
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Some seek escape in their careers, but that is no longer an option for Leon, who early this year was forced to step down as a juvenile probation officer in Travis County, Texas, a position he had held for almost seven years.
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On September 21st, prosecutors from Travis County led by Ronnie Earle (as it happens, the only Democrat left with any real power in the state) indicted three friends of Mr DeLay and eight corporations said to have contributed to Texans for a Republican Majority, a group the former pest exterminator founded, on 32 felony charges.
Even as the city itself has enjoyed strong job and population growth, the biggest increases have taken place in suburban outposts outside city limits, like Williamson, Bastrop and Hays counties, as well as parts of Travis, the county that is home to Austin.
Travis also was arrested last February in Denton County, northwest of Dallas, for public intoxication.
Travis was arrested and taken to the Denton County jail, sheriff's spokeman Tom Reedy told CNN on Wednesday.
Details of the plea agreement will be released following Travis' court appearance Thursday in Sherman, Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown said Monday.
The 90-day probation period expires September 23, when the ticket violation will be erased from his record as long as Travis doesn't commit another offense in Denton County, Punches said.
In February, Sanger police found a vehicle parked in front of a Baptist church in the very early morning hours and, upon investigation, discovered Travis in the car with an open bottle of wine, the Denton County Sheriff's Office told CNN.
Travis' alleged offense this week won't impact his probation in Sanger because the incident occurred in another county in Texas, Punches said.
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