DeLay's PAC Flunks Audit
16 August 2005 The Austin (TX) American Statesman reports that a Federal Election Commission audit found that Americans for a Republican Majority - Rep. Tom DeLay's "premier" political action committee, "used more unregulated 'soft' money than was allowed for fund-raising and get-out-the-vote activities" in the 2002 election...
DeLay Indicted - Again; Ties to Abramoff Also Under Investigation
3 October 2005 Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been indicted in Texas on two new charges, brought by a new grand jury on Monday. One count is conspiracy to commit money-laundering, charging that DeLay and his associates "did knowingly, conduct, supervise, and facilitate" the transfer from Texas to Washington DC back to Texas, a violation of the state's money-laundering laws...
DeLay Indicted, Steps Down as Majority Leader
28 September 2005 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been indicted by a Texas grand jury, becoming the first House leader indicted in a century and the highest ranking member to face criminal charges. The charge is felony criminal conspiracy involving illegal corporate political donations...
DeLay Invited to Testify, Lawyer Concedes
30 September 2005 What would Judge Judy say? The attorney representing Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) told the Houston Chronicle that the former House Majority Leader had been invited to testify before the grand jury investigating possible illegal campaign contributions. This is in direct contrast to DeLay's assertion on MSNBC...
Experts: DeLay Likely Culpable
28 April 2005 The Washington Post reports that legal experts believe that privately paid trips abroad for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and family members means he is in "serious danger of being declared in violation of House ethics rules." DeLay has been found in violation of House rules three other times....
