Jury Foreman Gibson Said Evidence in DeLay Case Didn’t Matter
Posted by Matt Margolis
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The evidence didn't matter. The law didn't matter. The facts didn't matter. The statute of limitations didn't matter. What actually did matter here?
This morning Grand Jury Foreman William Gibson was on KLBJ radio in Austin, Texas, discussing his role in the first indictment of conspiracy against Tom DeLay.
Gibson started talking about his feelings about ads produced by Texas Association of Business in the 2002 election cycle.
Gibson revealed that his mind was made up against DeLay even before he was even seated on the grand jury because he didn't like the ads from TAB. GOP Bloggers has the audio of the interview:
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TRANSCRIPT:
KLBJ host: The Texas Association Business ads.
Grand Jury Foreman William Gibson: All this all came out way before I was on the grand jury, these (unintelligible) were in your paper, in Austin paper, everyone else's paper, they flooding the market around here. But those were way before I ever went on the the grand jury and my decision was based on upon those (the TAB ads,) not what might have happened in the grand jury room...
KLBJ host: Oh, ok, Your mind was made up after you learned about the ads.
William Gibson: Right, those ads, way back. telling people how, so-called freedom of the speech deal, and I looked at it and they are just telling people go vote for that person, go vote for that person,
KLBJ host: So they didn't have to persuade you in the grand jury with any evidence, you already..
William Gibson: That was already public knowledge there and way back (unintelligible)...they stated their positions and I could state my position by say I don't like that.
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