Bush Declares DeLay Innocent

By Dan Froomkin, Washington Post

In a Fox News interview aired last night, President Bush declared that he believes indicted former House majority leader Tom DeLay is innocent of the money-laundering charges brought against him in Texas.

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It's unusual for a president in any circumstance to make such a definitive pronouncement about an ongoing criminal case.

But it seemed particularly at odds given Bush's repeated insistence that his obligation not to prejudice a criminal investigation or trial resoundingly trumps the public's right to hear what he thinks or knows about the role of senior White House officials in the outing of a CIA operative's identity.