Ohio Congressman Forfeits DeLay Money

WASHINGTON - An Ohio congressman became the fourth House Republican to forfeit or return campaign contributions from a committee run by indicted former Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Rep. Steven LaTourette (news, bio, voting record), who represents northeast Ohio, gave $13,000 from his re-election campaign to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Relief Fund earlier this month. That equaled the contributions his election campaigns had received from DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority PAC since the 1994 election cycle.

LaTourette didn't announce his decision publicly, and his aides declined to talk about it on Friday. LaTourette did discuss it in an Oct. 11 letter to an Aurora Democrat who plans to run against him.

"As a former prosecutor, I trust that the legal system will work and Tom DeLay, like every American, should have his day in court and should be afforded the presumption of innocence. However, in order to remove any questions that may arise about these contributions, I have made a donation in the same amount to the Bush-Clinton Katrina fund," LaTourette wrote to Palmer Peterson.

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Especially when they know DeLay's money is dirty.

contributions away to charity?

sure, why not. it's actually a power form of justice to take it from the people seeking power and give it to the suffering.

I have no doubt that he would have kept it if DeLay hadn't been found out.

However, it's a good example. Now, if Halliburton would just cough it back up, and Exxon Mobil, etc., etc., etc.