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"It appears that they are deliberately hiding their corporate sources of money
because they want to stay out of the public eye," said Public Citizen President
Joan Claybrook. "The public has a right to know who is contributing money, where
it goes and whether it is illegal, especially if the money was used to undermine the
current congressional district maps."
TRMPAC is required by Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to file all of its
contributions and expenditures, including funds from corporate sources, with the
IRS through the agency’s online reporting system – unless the state of Texas
requires TRMPAC to file comparable reports with the Texas elections agency.
Texas has no requirement that TRMPAC file its corporate contributions and
expenditures with the state, and TRMPAC has not made any such filings with
either the IRS or the state of Texas.
DeLay remains associated with both TRMPAC and ARMPAC, DeLay’s leadership
PAC, although implementation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
required that DeLay sever his controlling role in the day-to-day activities of
TRMPAC’s soft money operations. Nevertheless, DeLay appointed his former
political director and close confidant, Jim Ellis, to help lead TRMPAC, former Karl
Rove associate, John Colyandro, to be TRMPAC’s executive director, and
DeLay’s former deputy chief of staff, Tony Rudy, to run ARMPAC’s soft money
division. TRMPAC also shares many of the same donors as DeLay’s election
campaign.
"This is yet another example of Congressman Tom DeLay’s skirting of ethics
laws," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW. "DeLay and his PACs
have been either violating the law or on the edge of the law for years. It is time for
the Commissioner of Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, Evelyn A.
Petschek, to take action to stop this egregious conduct."
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