District attorney files more subpoenas at Capitol (TX Rep. fundraising)

[GOPisEvil]

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/thursday/news_04d38a4b40e2425900cc.html

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Prosecutors have been questioning a Capitol Who's Who about allegations that an alliance of Republican officials and business groups illegally used corporate donations to influence the 2002 legislative elections, according to subpoenas made public Wednesday.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle's office publicly filed subpoenas that have been issued for testimony or records over the past several months. The demands for information stretch from Austin lobbyists to the Republican National Committee to officials with Texans for a Republican Majority, including the daughter of U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

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[Sgt. Peppers]

1. Good Good Good

:)

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2. Two Toms = bad business - (they ain't george)

Tom DeLay & Tom Craddick

" Specifically, prosecutors are asking why Craddick distributed $152,000 in checks from DeLay's Texas group to House candidates who were crucial to Craddick's election as speaker.

Lawyers for Craddick and Texans for a Republican Majority say their clients are cooperating with the investigation."

[Vogon_Glory]

3. The Up Side To Pubbie Arrogance

The up side to Republican arrogance is that they seem to think that they can ignore the law because they're either above it or because they think they'll have a compliant judiciary to get them off the hook.

If they get off because Republican appeals court judges toss out evidence that they would have allowed in mere criminal cases, representative democracy in the US is in dire peril.