September 28, 2005

• BREAKING: TOM DELAY INDICTED

  
  

  
  

  Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay [Texas 22nd district] and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that could force him to step down as House majority leader....

  
  

  A Travis County grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on one count of criminal conspiracy, jeopardizing the Sugar Land Republican's leadership role as the second most powerful Texan in Washington, D.C.

  
  

  The charge, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years incarceration, stems from his role with his political committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, a now-defunct organization that already had been indicted on charges of illegally using corporate money during the 2002 legislative elections.

  
  

  From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, Daily Kos, and Crooks and Liars.

  
  

  DeLay is the Republican representitave for Texas's 22nd district (Houstin area I think) and is was the House majority leader.

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