Topic: Tom DeLay

The conviction of Tom DeLay, once one of the most powerful Republican wheelers-and-dealers in Congress, marks the beginning of a lengthy and vehement appeals process that will seek to cleanse the name and record of the former House majority leader.. DeLay's lead ...
Tom DeLay, the former Republican congressional leader known as "The Hammer" for his brass-knuckles style, was convicted Wednesday of criminally crossing the line into dirty politics.A Texas jury found DeLay guilty of one charge of laundering corporate money into political donations and ...

Ex-House leader Tom DeLay convicted of money laundering

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Former Republican House majority leader Tom DeLay was found guilty of laundering money on Wednesday, local media reported.The web site for the Austin American-Statesman reported that DeLay, nicknamed "The Hammer" for his iron control of the Republican caucus ...

Tom DeLay Trial

/u-s-house-of-representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives">House Majority leader Tom DeLay was indicted in 2005 for conspiracy to violate Texas state election law.
Seven candidates who prosecutors allege benefited from a money swap arranged by Tom DeLay's political action committee in 2002 got substantially higher donations from the Republican National Committee than most other Texas candidates did that year, a GOP official testified Monday at ...
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Days after Justice Department ends investigation, ex-House leader DeLay heads to Texas courtFormer House majority leader Tom DeLay will be back in a Texas courtroom on Tuesday where he faces money laundering and conspiracy charges — days after learning that the U.S. ...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ ABC's "This Week" Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" Sens.Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and Lindsey Graham, ...
DeLay's legal dance in money laundering case is in limbo as he shimmies into show's 3rd roundRepublican Tom DeLay danced the cha-cha on TV, but he's tiptoeing through the criminal courts in Texas.The former U.S. House majority leader who's competing on ABC's ...

Right-Wingers Running Full Court Press

The federal judiciary has the unfortunate distinction of being the target de jour of far-right extremists in Congress. While the impetus for Tom DeLay and John Cornyn's recent spat of inflammatory proclamations against federal judges was seemingly unrelated to environmental protection, their ...
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