Prosecutors presented a mountain of circumstantial evidence — e-mails, telephone records, calendars, brochures and other documents — trying to persuade jurors that Mr. DeLay played a leading role in the plan and intended to break the Texas election law from the moment his political operatives solicited the donations.
But Pound said that eyewitness accounts could provide sufficient evidence that someone used drugs, or that documentary evidence like e-mail messages, checks or dosage summaries could prove that illicit substances were purchased and used.
Its assertions about Mr. Obama resemble rumors passed on without evidence in e-mail messages that have been widely circulated over the last several weeks.
The Internet is not secure, Mr. Gilligan said, and people outside the White House would be unlikely to provide any evidence in e-mail form.
The creditors also submitted as evidence an e-mail message sent by Mr. Roberts to an Insight executive that discussed virtual sales.
Investigators gathered evidence, including e-mail messages, that indicated that the firm's sale representatives had told some customers to pay the firm at least $1 in commissions for every $3 of new-stock trading profits.
A1 BUSINESS DAY C1-8 Going Digital in Divorce Digital evidence like e-mail messages, traces of Web site visits and mobile phone records now permeate many contentious divorce cases.
The age-old business of breaking up has taken a decidedly Orwellian turn, with digital evidence like e-mail messages, traces of Web site visits and mobile telephone records now permeating many contentious divorce cases.
The judge invoked the law to prevent the defense from submitting for evidence four e-mail messages that the woman had sent to Mr. Jovanovic expressing her interest in sadomasochism.
After she pressed charges, Ms. Carlisle urged police investigators to retrieve the man's personal computer, which she believed would contain a trail of evidence, including e-mail messages, that would help convict her assailant.
