Prosecutor in DeLay case subpoenas records from defense contractors

Prosecutor in DeLay case subpoenas records from defense contractors
California companies tied to Cunningham bribery case

Tuesday, December 13, 2005; Posted: 2:40 p.m. EST (19:40 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Texas prosecutor has issued subpoenas for bank records of a defense contractors involved in the bribery case of a California congressman as part of the investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

District Attorney Ronnie Earle issued subpoenas last Thursday for California businessmen Brent Wilkes and Max Gelwix, records of Perfect Wave Technologies, Wilkes Corp. and ADCS Inc. in connection with a contribution to a fundraising committee.

It's at the center of the investigation that led to DeLay's indictment on money laundering charges.

Perfect Wave contributed $15,000 in September 2002 to Texans for a Republican Majority, a fundraising committee founded by DeLay.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/13/delay.indictment.ap/index.html

here we go

These next few years are gonna be a blast!

Ever hear of karma, Tommy? Justice may be "DeLayed", but better late than never.

You look familiar! ;^)

But seriously, the longer justice is "Delayed", the sweeter it will be when it's delivered!

You look familiar too! Nice avatar. :)

You're right---wasn't it Khan in Star Trek II who said, "Revenge is a dish that is best served cold"? Well, the longer we wait, the colder it'll be...

"Kkkkkkkkkkkkhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn!"?

But, yeah......I wish I could have been in the room to see Delay's bowels go watery when he learned that Ronnie Earle had subpoenaed those phone records.

I'll bet he's taking several hundred mgs of Prozac everyday!

I'll bet DeLay yells, "EEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRLLLLE!!!!" when the time comes. He'd better buy some Imodium too.

Christine Delay, Tom's partner in crime, has been whoring it up at Alexander Strategies for years. I hope that Earle subpoenas records from Alexander Strategies as well, if he hasn't already.

Compare these paragraphs:

"Wilkes' company also hired Alexander Strategies, a consulting firm that employed DeLay's wife Christine. His private jet company, Group W Transportation, provided flights to DeLay three times. DeLay reimbursed Group W as required, records show." http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/13/delay.indictment.ap/index.html

"Two powerful Republicans from Texas, Reps. Dick Armey and Tom DeLay, were instrumental in pushing the legislation through the House. DeLay's wife, Christine, worked for a lobbying firm, Alexander Strategies, that Enron had hired for up to $200,000 a year to push energy deregulation." http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/13/delay.indictment.ap/index.html

:kick:

let the light shine.

:kick:

Here is a kos link that talks about Wilkes corporations and front companies including the ones named above and how wide reaching the corruption is!

It is a MUST READ, imo!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/10/114820/90

Here's the link to the actual article.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2005/12/wilkes-invisible-empire.html

Here's a link to a DU thread on Brent Wilkes and his "corporations". Note that the link in the first post of this thread seems to gotten broken somehow and goes elsewhere for some reason. If I recall it used to go to the cannonfire link I posted above.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2291706#2292984

I get all of these different stories confused. Is this the first time we've seen a connection between Wilkes and DeLay?

is all interconnected. Our country is run by organized crime.

GO RONNIE!

You done good to file that appeal of Judge Priest's dismissal
of one set of charges as well.

Hmm.. looks like DeLay might be in court a looonngg time.

Will Hastert just shut down Congress till whenever???????????

LONG time

at the same table, with a few beers, swapping war stories.

Oh, and a tape recorder, so it could be preserved for posterity.

If this unravels completely, it is going to make the Corleone family look small time.

It might even change the political climate enough to publically fund campaigns.

Because it's ALL interwoven, and it all leads to the top.

<snip>Wilkes' company also hired Alexander Strategies, a consulting firm that employed DeLay's wife Christine. His private jet company, Group W Transportation, provided flights to DeLay three times. DeLay reimbursed Group W as required, records show.

Go Ronnie Earle:woohoo: :applause: :popcorn:

Can you pull another thread, Ronnie. This whole DeLay corruption weave is unraveling bit by bit. Bullshit, Tom DeLay is not concerned about any subpoenas for Brent Wilkes and Perfect Wave Technologies LLC, Wilkes Corp. and ADCS Inc. Where there's smoke there's fire and these corrupt companies and crooks are smoking - big time. I wonder if Cunningham is squealing on Tom DeLay so he'll get some leniency. I would if I were him.

Sonia

:-)

The two defense contractors who allegedly bribed ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., with cash and gifts in exchange for government business spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to curry favor with other key lawmakers, records show.

One of the contractors, Brent Wilkes, provided private jet flights for Reps. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., DeLay's stand-in as majority leader while DeLay fights money-laundering charges in Texas.
Wilkes also became a "pioneer" for President Bush by raising $100,000 for his 2004 re-election and donated more than $70,000 to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who appointed him to two state boards.

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Among the top beneficiaries, according to federal campaign records:

_ DeLay, who got about $70,000 from Wilkes and his associates.

_ House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., who got about $50,000 from Wilkes, Wade and their associates.

_ Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., a member of the Appropriations Committee, who got about $46,000 from Wilkes and his associates.

In addition, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., got about $46,000 from Wilkes, Wade and their associates, his campaign treasurer said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/08/state/n165504S60.DTL

I think old JOe Kennedy would have admired DElay and I think the trail gets far more murky and convoluted when you skip DELAy and go after Jack ABramoff

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

to Cannonfire and DailyKos and Madcow too. The people on these sites have been doing tons of research. There are bloggers all over the country working on this. Many kudos! It's not over yet, this is just the tip of the iceburg.

Good for Earle. I hope he can connect the dots.

WoooooooooooHooooooooooo I am so stoked.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

DeLay prosecutors subpoena more documents
Lawyers want to know why California company – whose owner is linked to Cunningham scandal – gave money to DeLay's Texas committee.
By Laylan Copelin
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Travis County prosecutors want to know why a California defense contractor involved in a bribery case against a California congressman gave money in 2002 to help U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay elect more Republicans to the Texas Legislature.

Travis County prosecutors on Monday subpoenaed business records and correspondence from big-time Republican contributor Brent Wilkes of California, his associate Max Gelwix and several of Wilkes' companies, including one that donated $15,000 to DeLay's political committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, which is at the heart of criminal charges against DeLay.

Wilkes, who has not been charged with a crime, has been identified by his lawyer as "co-conspirator No. 1" in a recent federal plea agreement in which U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham admitted taking $2.4 million in cash and favors for his help in landing defense contracts. Wilkes is one of four co-conspirators cited in the document.

DeLay's political spokesmen and lawyers dismissed the subpoenas as Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle "grasping at straws" to make his conspiracy and money-laundering case against DeLay. Yet DeLay's staffers say the former U.S. House majority leader knows Wilkes, who lived and worked in Washington before moving to the San Diego area.

DeLay had flown on his jet, played golf with him and come to depend on his financial support.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/metro/stories/12/14delay.html
(Free registration required)

I'm starting to think there may be a light at the end of this tunnel after all.

Delay- check!
Lay- check!
Libby- check!
Abramoff- check!
Diebold et. al.- check!

Rove-
Cheney-
Rice-
Rumsfeld-
Bolton-
Reed-

and of course our favorite: *bush!!!

One day at a time, one play at a time.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3523469.html

Congressman's lawyer dismisses subpoena that may broaden the investigation


By MICHAEL HEDGES
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - The Texas prosecutor who obtained an indictment against Rep. Tom DeLay is now looking at connections between the former House majority leader and a defense contractor linked to the bribery of a California lawmaker.

But the lawyer for DeLay criticized the potential expansion of the criminal investigation involving the Sugar Land Republican as a fishing expedition with a political motive.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, a Democrat, subpoenaed on Monday records of California businessman Brent Wilkes and three Wilkes-controlled companies that made a political contribution to a Texas fundraising committee set up by DeLay.

Late Tuesday, Earle also subpoenaed records from a civil lawsuit involving DeLay from a decade ago in which an ex-business partner accused him of lying.

more...

Earle is on the move... Whoo Hoo!!!

Can't you just hear his black heart just hammering away?

Sometimes when you go fishing, you catch a fish.

:bounce:

...The first harpoon is just the beginning.

he has his fingers into everyone of them... Abramoff and now Wilkes, what's the next flavor of pie?

sucked into the investigation! Hoot, talk about flavors! Yummy!

:rofl:

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