Contributions Down for DeLay Legal Fund

[maddezmom]

Contributions Down for DeLay Legal Fund 4 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Majority Leader Tom DeLay raised $42,900 for his legal expense fund in the quarter ending June 30 — short of the fund's expenses during the period, a House report showed Thursday.


Expenses for the Tom DeLay Legal Expense Trust totaled $56,211 in the second quarter. Most of the disbursements, more than $45,600, went to the Washington firm of DeLay lawyer Bobby Burchfield.

DeLay faces a possible investigation this year by the House ethics committee, which admonished him on three separate issues in 2004. News articles have questioned whether a Washington lobbyist or his clients paid for some of DeLay's nongovernment travel, despite House rules prohibiting lobbyist travel payments.

The Texas Republican has denied wrongdoing and said he assumed the nonprofit groups that invited him to travel had paid for the trips. In an effort to clear his name, DeLay has asked the ethics committee to look into the matter.
more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050721/ap_on_go_co/delay_legal

[Demeter]

1. Good. Pay for it Yourself, You Tool

[maddezmom]

2. maybe Wade from MZM Inc. can buy his house from him

for 700,000 over value

[katty]

3. o, boo hoo...don't bother to waste $$-take him away!

[Judi Lynn]

4. DeLay Gets By With Less Help From Hill Friends

DeLay Gets By With Less Help From Hill Friends

By Brian Faler

Friday, July 22, 2005; Page A07

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is getting less help from his colleagues when it comes to paying his legal bills.

The liberal advocacy group Public Citizen, which analyzed DeLay's disclosure reports, said yesterday that just two other House members gave money to the Republican leader's defense fund during the past quarter. Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) and Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio) gave $7,000 to the fund, which raised $42,000 in that quarter.

In the previous quarter, nine of DeLay's colleagues contributed $30,000 to the account -- about two-thirds of the money it raised during that period. The quarter before, 36 lawmakers kicked in $174,000 of the $254,000 the fund reported receiving. Public Citizen said the fund has raised more than $1 million since it was formed in 2000, but the group did not calculate its current balance.

Lawmakers are allowed to contribute as much as $5,000 per year to such accounts, which are created to pay for legal fights related to the legislators' official duties. Much of DeLay's money is going to lawyers preparing for a possible investigation by the House ethics committee.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072102230.html
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"Coming to get you, Tom."

[deminks]

5. You mean crime doesn't pay?

or doesn't pay well? :eyes: