DeLiar

It's odd the headline to this story is, "DeLay says he didn't get to tell his side," rather than, "DeLay lies when he says he didn't get to tell his side." His own lawyer notes that DeLay is protesting too much:

On Thursday, DeLay said in another broadcast interview that he was under the impression that he wasn't going to be indicted because he hadn't been called to testify before the grand jury.

"I have not testified before the grand jury to present my side of the case, and they indicted me," said DeLay, according to the Associated Press.

Dick DeGuerin, the attorney representing DeLay, said Thursday that DeLay actually was invited to appear before the grand jury, where he would have been under oath. The Houston attorney was not yet on the legal team when DeLay was asked to appear, but he said other attorneys advised him not to testify — a decision DeGuerin supports.

DeGuerin said that DeLay may have been referring in the interviews to the fact that the grand jury did not subpoena him to testify.

[The foreman, William M.] Gibson said there was an open invitation, but the grand jury decided not to force him to appear.

Gibson also pointed out that DeLay's claims that the indictment is political motivated, noting "Ronnie Earle didn't indict him. The grand jury indicted him."