Texas Couple & Lawmaker Stand Trial in Federal Tax Evasion Case

The post-holiday trial in Dallas of a Texas couple accused – along with their lawyer – of conspiring to evade their taxes began Tuesday with a reference to A Christmas Carol.

As a freshly selected jury settled in, federal prosecutors told them that the case before them is much like the opening lines of the Charles Dickens classic: just as there was no doubt that Jacob Marley was dead, the three defendants knew they owed money to the IRS but didn’t pay it.