Go Ronnie Earle! "Prosecutor Subpoenas Group Tied to DeLay"

[in_cog_ni_to]

Prosecutor Subpoenas Group Tied to DeLay
By Associated Press
51 minutes ago


U.S. Rep.Tom DeLay, Oct. 20, 2005.
WASHINGTON - A Texas prosecutor issued subpoenas Thursday for records of a contribution to a nonprofit organization linked to Rep. Tom DeLay and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is seeking records about a $500,000 contribution made by the National Republican Congressional Committee to US Family Network, a now-disbanded nonprofit advocacy group for conservative ideas. Those subpoenaed include Ed Buckham, a close adviser and former chief of staff to DeLay who founded US Family Network, and Sally Vastola, NRCC executive director.

The Washington Post recently reported that donations to the nonprofit came from Abramoff, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges in a congressional corruption investigation. He has pledged to assist the Justice Department in its probe.

DeLay, R-Texas, has denied through a spokesman that donations to US Family Network influenced his legislative agenda. DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, was not immediately available but has dismissed previous subpoenas filed by Earle for Abramoff-related records as fishing expeditions.<snip>


http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2006/01/06/298154.html

[Nothing Without Hope]

1. *** It also made the Washington Post: *** (and kicked & recommended)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010502331.html?nav=hcmodule

Prosecutor Broadens DeLay Inquiry

Data on GOP Donation to U.S. Family Network Demanded
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 6, 2006; Page A05

The Texas prosecutor who secured an indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) on money-laundering charges broadened the scope of his inquiry into election spending yesterday, demanding documents related to funds that passed through a nonprofit organization, the U.S. Family Network.

The group, which was founded in 1996 by DeLay's then-chief of staff, Edwin A. Buckham, received $500,000 in 1999 from the National Republican Congressional Committee and used some of the money to finance radio ads attacking Democrats. The Federal Election Commission fined the party in 2004 for its role in the funding.

The prosecutor, Ronnie Earle, sent subpoenas yesterday to Buckham; the group's former president, Christopher Geeslin; the NRCC; and the treasurer of DeLay's leadership political action committee, Americans for a Republican Majority.

The subpoenas asked for all documents related to the $500,000 contribution, including any correspondence involving DeLay or Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe public officials and other crimes this week. The Washington Post reported Saturday that the largest donors to the U.S. Family Network were all associated with Abramoff. They contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the group before it folded in 2001.

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[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Can I have jelly with that Delay TOAST?

:bounce:

[BuyingThyme]

3. Is this gonna make the teeeee vee?

People are gonna start wondering why nothing bad ever happens to all the corrupt Dems that everybody's talkin' about.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Brian Lamb read an article about it on C-SPAN this morning.

Let us see if the WH propaganda networks cover it. I DOUBT it.

[dogday]

4. DeLay asked for this

he will be stripped naked for the world to see. A criminal is still a criminal.