Tom DeLay aide's payroll records subpoenaed

[Robbien]

Source: UP

WASHINGTON, 20 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Washington Thursday subpoenaed payroll records of the former chief of staff to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

Ed Buckham, who became a lobbyist after leaving DeLay’s staff, was close to Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist now serving a prison term, Politico.com reported. He has said he did nothing wrong while on DeLay’s staff.

Tony Rudy, a former DeLay staffer and a former Buckham business associate, has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Abramoff clients while he was working for DeLay, in exchange for helping Abramoff and his clients with legislative affairs. He has also admitted violating a rule barring legislative staffers from becoming lobbyists within one year of leaving their congressional jobs.

The subpoena, which was read into the Congressional Record, suggests that Buckham is a Justice Department target.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/20/delay_aides_payroll_records_subpoenaed/7189/

[The Count]

1. he gets innocenter and innocenter by the minute!

[Virginia Dare]

2. Awesome, I hope they all rat each other out...n/t

[gratuitous]

3. A subpoena?

I think we've seen that those can be safely ignored by Republicans now under the reign of Busholini. Although this subpoena has been issued by a federal grand jury, who's going to enforce it if Mr. Buckham decides to blow them off?

[papau]

4. national security or enemy intel prevents the subpoena from being honored - sorry n/t

n/t

[aquart]

5. Federal ?

What happened to the state charges?