Tom DeLay has been charged by a Texas Congressman with ethics violations. Why? It's complicated. DeLay raised money from corporate donors for his PAC -- Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC) -- telling the donors it would be used for the recent (successful) Texas House elections, taking the first Republican majority in Texas in 130 years (recall, this election was immediately followed by the unusual redistricting effort in Texas, which will strip 5 Texas Dems of their Congressional seats come November). What's wrong with that? It's illegal in Texas for corporate donations to be used for state offices.
Did TRMPAC spend the money? Well, not exactly: they sent a blank check to their parent organization (Americans for a Republican Majority), which filled it in for $190K, and then sent seven smaller checks off to the Republican campaigns of seven Texas House candidates.
All this according to this WaPost article.
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