A friend in Austin writes that things are about to get ugly for Ronnie Earle:

Great piece on Earle. It must’ve been tough for Laylan Copelin (who’s usually a lefty — but a decent reporter) to even write this. It just gets better and better. Turns out, he was indeed grand jury swapping and intentionally left out info. This thing is about to explode down here and even the Statesman is turning (see this editorial, which ran today).

Here’s the key passage from the article:

A Travis County grand jury last week refused to indict former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as prosecutors raced to salvage their felony case against the Sugar Land Republican.
In a written statement Tuesday, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle acknowledged that prosecutors presented their case to three grand juries