Justice DeLay'd

The former Democratic congressman who filed a successful ethics complaint against House Majority Tom DeLay (R-TX) last year told RAW STORY the ruling against a DeLay political action committee is a sign that DeLay’s case for innocence is hemorrhaging.

“Obviously he was hoping the judge would rule in favor of the defendants and he would have declared it a great victory,” former Texas Rep. Chris Bell told RAW STORY Thursday. “And now I think that he has to realize that his arguments aren’t going anywhere, and the web is getting bigger and bigger.

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Bell filed a three-count ethics complaint against DeLay last year, and subsequently lost his seat after DeLay-engineered redistricting.

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“I think it also has to be somewhat of a wakeup call for his colleagues that have already been indicted that their arguments could very well fail,” he added. “And if they do, I think that might motivate some of them to start spilling the beans about exactly what transpired.”

Today, a judge ruled that the treasurer of DeLay’s political action committee must return $200,000 in illegally collected corporate campaign contributions.

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DeLay has not been charged with a crime and congressional immunity kept him from being forced to testify in the suit. His office did not respond to a request for comment.

  Raw Story article

I was talking to a friend the other day who goes to the same church as Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO). You may recall that Hulshof (about whom I've posted only critical comments - and I'm sticking by them) was kicked off the House Ethics Committee for saying that DeLay should be investigated.

Anyway, my friend said when Kenny was booted, he (my friend) said to him, "Kenny, I can truthfully say that I'm proud of you for the first time in a long time." And Kenny told him to just wait - he would be learning a lot more information about DeLay before all was said and done.