Craddick's lame excuse [View All]

[NoPasaran]

Can it be that Tom Craddick will join so many of his illustrious predecessors by being indicted?

A lawyer for Speaker Tom Craddick said Monday that his client never personally delivered campaign checks to GOP House candidates on behalf of railroad lobbyists or the Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee.

Instead, criminal defense lawyer Roy Minton said, Craddick's campaign workers mailed the checks or sent them by overnight delivery to the Republican campaigns after Union Pacific and the GOP committee sent money to Craddick's Midland office.

"Tom never delivered anything to anybody other than (through) his office," Minton said.

Craddick's explanation comes two months after a Travis County grand jury began investigating whether the handling of the checks violated a law barring outside influence on a speaker's campaign. Craddick was running for speaker when Texans for a Republican Majority sent $152,000 for 15 candidates to Craddick's Midland office and Union Pacific mailed at least some of its $25,000 for 11 candidates.

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You know, Tom, Hitler never killed anyone personally either.