Judge Supports Charges Vs. DeLay Colleagues

[Judi Lynn]

Judge Supports Charges Vs. DeLay Colleagues

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

(08-10) 14:10 PDT Austin, Texas (AP) --

A state district judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss charges of money laundering and accepting illegal political contributions against two associates of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Judge Bob Perkins denied arguments from attorneys for John Colyandro and Jim Ellis that the charges were based on an unconstitutionally vague law and that the indictments were improperly worded.
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The charges stem from the 2002 Texas legislative elections. Colyandro worked for DeLay's fundraising committee Texans for a Republican Majority, and Ellis worked for Americans for a Republican Majority.

The money laundering charges are based on $190,000 in corporate money that was sent to the Republican National State Elections Committee. That committee then gave the same amount of money in donations to seven Texas House candidates.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/09/national/w175539D30.DTL

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1. They're loading up.

They put Rove under the bright light. Then things open up to charge DeLay. Then Rove plus Libby are charged. Cheney is forced to resign. About that time DeLay is charged. The "old money" folks send the Neocon's a message and put in their own VP, at which point, Bush resigns to "spend more time with his family." It's all happening...

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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1690126