DeLay's Top Aides Indicted on Felony Counts of Money Laundering
Two of Tom DeLay's most senior aides were indicted on felony counts of money laundering by a Travis County, Texas Grand Jury. James Ellis, director of DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority PAC and John Colyandro, of DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority PAC each face up to 99 years in prison.
Eight corporations including Bacardi, Sears Roebuck, and Cracker Barrell were also indicted for illegally funneling almost $600,000 in corporate funds into TRMPAC. Richard Morrison needs your help to fight the corporate special interests who fund DeLay. Please click here to contribute:
http://www.morrisonfor22.com/contribute/contribute.phpThe corruption began three years ago when DeLay and his top political aides founded TRMPAC with the explicit goal of raising corporate money to influence state legislative races. Texas law clearly forbids corporations from financing political campaigns and from purchasing favors from elected officials. By the 2002 election cycle, TRMPAC had achieved its goal and had nearly $600,000 in corporate contributions in its coffers. The majority of funds came from corporations located in states other than Texas and many had regulatory and policy interests in Washington.
Among the corporations TRMPAC and DeLay solicited was the now defunct Enron. In 2001, DeLay specifically requested hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions from Enron executives for his efforts in Texas redistricting, in exchange for assistance with the industry’s deregulation legislation in Washington.
If you've had enough of Tom DeLay bending the rules, please contribute and help Richard Morrison kick him out of office at this link:
http://www.morrisonfor22.com/contribute/contribute.phpthank you so much,
Kyle Johnston, Campaign Manager
Morrison for Congress