Tom DeLay

DeLay Blames Liberal Jury For Conviction (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | January 13, 2011, 12:07PM

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), who has long argued that his indictment on money laundering charges was politically motivated, said on the "Today Show" this morning that his conviction was political, too.

"I was tried in the most liberal county in the state of Texas and, indeed, in the United States," he said, referring to Travis County, the home of Austin. DeLay and his lawyers had tried to get his trial moved to a different, more conservative county, to no avail.

"The foreman of the jury was a Greenpeace activist," DeLay went on. "So, I'm not criticizing the jury. The point is this is a political campaign."

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