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Texas PAC sent blank check to Washington.
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Check is part of criminal investigation into whether corporate money was illegally used in the 2002 state legislative elections.

By Laylan Copelin

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

When Jim Ellis, a key aide to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was preparing to deliver money to an arm of the Republican National Committee, a DeLay ally in Texas had a blank check sent to Ellis with the amount to be filled in later.

John Colyandro, executive director of DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority, said in a deposition that he had the blank check sent because Ellis had a meeting with Republican National Committee officials scheduled the next day.

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