NYT: Some Who Got Checks Via DeLay Gave to His Defense

Some Who Got Checks Via DeLay Gave to His Defense
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT

Published: April 28, 2005

ASHINGTON, April 27 - Dozens of Republicans who have received sizable campaign donations from Representative Tom DeLay's political action committee have also donated to his legal defense fund, in a few cases making the contributions within months of receiving their campaign checks.

There is no evidence that House members were pressured to pitch in or invited to make donations to Mr. DeLay with the promise of reciprocity. But Mr. Delay, the House majority leader, has benefited from the generosity of peers he helped elect with his Americans for a Republican Majority PAC, campaign finance records show.

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Watchdog groups and nonprofit organizations that track campaign finance say any donations made in such close proximity could be construed as an effort to circumvent legal restrictions on contributions, capped at $5,000 per individual a year.

"I think the House ethics committee would frown on the practice, if in fact it was earmarked for the legal fund," said Jan Baran, a prominent Republican elections lawyer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/politics/28delay.html

All money returns to DeLay. DeLay's Loan Sharks: When you really need them legs broken.

He's such a sleaze. I keep forgetting to find out what went on when he went to Afghanistan in 2000. What was that all about?

So you can pin them onto the wall of your jail cell and think about what your pride and arrogance cost you.

Don't forget the pic of you and your daughter and whoever that friend of yours was, letting the champagne flow, in your hedonistic hot tub night.

I do believe this will be all for Mr. DeLay and I now believe the flight back to DC was to discuss possible resignation.....

ARM = Americans for a Republican Majority ... aka Fascist Slush Fund