Sounds Frivolous to Me

The Washington Post reports

Former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) met for at least 30 minutes with the top fundraiser of his Texas political action committee on Oct. 2, 2002, the same day that the Republican National Committee in Washington set in motion a series of financial transactions at the heart of the money-laundering and conspiracy case against DeLay.

During the meeting at his Capitol office, DeLay conferred with James W. Ellis, the head of his principal fundraising committee in Washington and his chief fundraiser in Texas. Ellis had earlier given the Republican National Committee a check for $190,000 drawn mostly from corporate contributions. The same day as the meeting, the RNC ordered $190,000 worth of checks sent to seven Republican legislative candidates in Texas.

Certainly sounds like there is no basis for an indictment, and that DeLay is absolutely right that the charges are "frivolous" and "over-the-top." I mean, why would any reasonable person think that DeLay might have had something to do with arranging the transfer of funds between the PAC he headed and the national party he leads in Congress, just because his chief fundraiser met with him the day the check was handed over? Really, how absurd.