Texas prosecutors probe possible Cunningham-Delay cash link

[Kadie]

Texas prosecutors probe possible Cunningham-Delay cash link

SAN DIEGO The Texas D-A prosecuting Congressman Tom DeLay has issued a second round of subpoenas to a San Diego County businessmen.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is seeking records surrounding donations to DeLay and former Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

The subpoenas focus on 2002 transactions involving PerfectWave Technologies, a Poway company controlled by businessman Brent Wilkes.

According to the subpoenas, businessman William B. Adams wrote a 40-thousand dollar check to PerfectWave in September 2002. Two days later, PerfectWave sent 15-thousand dollars to a DeLay-founded political committee.


http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4406409


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Jan 24, 9:30 PM EST

Texas prosecutors probe possible Cunningham-Delay cash link

By SETH HETTENA
Associated Press Writer

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Earle's office, which did not return a message left seeking comment, also issued subpoenas regarding a $10,000 contribution received by a San Diego YMCA that may have come from an Idaho mining company.

According to the subpoenas, Atlas Mining Co. of Osburn, Idaho wired $10,000 to PerfectWave on Oct. 24, 2002 - the same day PerfectWave cut a $10,000 check to the Copley Family YMCA, named for the family that publishes The San Diego Union-Tribune and other newspapers. Wilkes, whose foundation gave an additional $15,000 to the Copley YMCA in 2002, was named its man of the year.

But Ron Short, Atlas Mining's operations manager, said Tuesday that he could find no record that money was wired to PerfectWave and added that he had never heard of PerfectWave or Wilkes.

"We didn't have $10,00 to give away three years ago," Short said.

Also named in the subpoenas was San Diego attorney Paul E. Smithers, who co-signed checks from PerfectWave to TRMPAC and Tribute to Heroes. Smithers did not return a message left seeking comment.

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[Independent_Liberal]

1. Kick!

[stillcool]

2. That's my favorite scandal ....

of the ones I know about....so far. I like that whole Wilkes thing...it just seems so paper-trailish.

[Kadie]

3. I just edited my post above

I found another article with more info.

I can't wait to see how this whole thing plays out.