AUSTIN -- Mike Toomey, who now is Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff, had periodic meetings during the 2002 election season with leaders of two groups being investigated by prosecutors for possibly spending corporate money illegally on Republican legislative campaigns.
It wasn't known, however, if Toomey, who then was a lobbyist, had also become a target of the investigation into the electoral activities of the Texas Association of Business and Texans for a Republican Majority, or TRMPAC, a political action committee formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
The organizations played key roles in gaining a GOP majority of the Texas House in 2003.
Gregg Cox, head of the public integrity unit for the Travis County District Attorney's Office, wouldn't comment about Toomey on Friday.
Toomey also declined comment.
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