Grand Jury Issues Felony Indictments

[sonias]

http://www.cleanuptexaspolitics.com/scandalblog
Republican Majority officials indicted in fund-raising investigation. Attorney says seven companies, three individuals named in up to 28 counts.

By Laylan Copelin
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, September 21, 2004

A Travis County grand jury today indicted three consultants with Texans for a Republican Majority and at least seven corporate donors, according to lawyers for U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Indicted were John Colyandro, executive director of the political action committee; Warren Robold, a Washington, D.C., fund-raiser; and Jim Ellis a key aide to DeLay, according to Austin attorney Steve Brittain, who is a lawyer for DeLay.

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Here's the link for the Austin Am Statesman article (registration required)
http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/09/22indictments.html
Republican Majority officials indicted in fund-raising investigation
Attorney says seven companies, three individuals named

A Travis County grand jury on Tuesday indicted three top lieutenants of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in connection with corporate money raised during the 2002 elections.

Indicted on one count of money laundering were John Colyandro, the executive director of Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee, and Jim Ellis, a former DeLay staff member now head of Americans for a Republican Majority, DeLay's national fund-raising political action committee.

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Well it's a start.



Sonia

[papau]

1. House Complaint Against DeLay Sent to Panel

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-congre...

September 20, 2004
Complaint Against House Leader Sent to Panel
By REUTERS

Filed at 11:24 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ethics complaint against House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, was placed on an uncertain path on Monday that could lead to a full-blown investigation, dismissal or partisan deadlock.

House ethics committee chairman Joel Hefley, a Colorado Republican, and Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, the panel's top Democrat, announced they had moved to put the complaint on the agenda of the 10-member committee.

``In the near future we will be presenting to the committee the information we have obtained and recommendations for committee action,'' they said in a brief statement after a three-month review.

Several congressional aides and a citizens' watchdog group said the committee -- five Republicans and five Democrats -- may split along party lines and do nothing. That would allow the complaint to effectively die at the end of this year.

Aides said, however, that the committee might find a consensus and take action, such as ordering further inquiry, dismissing the complaint or issuing a letter of reprimand.<snip>

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Election-In...

Several Indicted in Texas PAC Probe (DeLay was not charged)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:36 p.m. ET

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Several people and corporations -- including Sears and Cracker Barrel -- were indicted Tuesday on charges of making illegal campaign contributions through a political action committee formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.<snip>

The grand jury has been investigating whether corporate funds were used illegally to help Republican candidates win elections in 2002 that gave the GOP a majority in the Texas House for the first time since Reconstruction.

Those charged included three members of DeLay's PAC, Texans for a Republican Majority: John Colyandro, James Ellis and Warren RoBold.

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Wait until these guys get squeezed to give up the goods on Delay.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Drip...drip...drip...

Hey Tom, the good thing about being an exerminator is the job security. You can always get your old gig back.

[BlueCollar]

4. They won't let him play

with chemicals in prison...but it would be better if he was indicted and sentenced to twenty in the county jail...:evilgrin:

[sonias]

5. Campaigns for People has the DA statement in pdf format

Download: Travis County DA's Statement on Indictments (.pdf)
http://www.cleanuptexaspolitics.com/

Also make sure you sign the petition to clean up Texas campaign financing.

thanks

Sonia

[Brazosboomer]

6. Prepare yourself ----

to laugh your butt off.

Today's Austin American Statesman reports that Craddick claims he "probably didn't even look at the ($100,000) check."

Get this - two guys meet for lunch in a fancy Houston restaurant. One is a highly paid lobbyist. The other wants to be Speaker of the Texas House. A check is passed between them, but neither of them looks at the check.

That would happen only if they had gouged out their own eyes three minutes before the check passing.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/metro/09/23CRADDICK.html

Lordy, I love Texas politics.