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Thursday, May 26, 2005
TX Judge: DeLay's TRMPAC Broke the Law
Tom DeLay's woes never seem to end. One day he raises his profile in fighting stem cells, the next day his statewide political action committee is found to have broke the law. Reuters' Mark Babineck has the story:
A political committee formed by U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay broke Texas law by not disclosing more than $600,000 in mostly corporate contributions, a judge ruled in a case that adds to ethics questions swirling around the powerful Republican.Although DeLay was not named in the case, today's news is further proof that he is politically radioactive. As Taegan Goddard notes, a majority of House Republicans would prefer the embattled Majority Leader not campaign for them. These are rough times for the exterminator, indeed.
State District Judge Joe Hart in Austin made the ruling on Thursday in a lawsuit filed by five Democratic candidates defeated in 2002 by Republicans who received money from Texans for a Republican Majority, a political action committee founded by DeLay to help his party capture the Texas Legislature.
Hart awarded the Democrats a total of $196,660 in damages.
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