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Any Media Is Good Media

by John Cole|  August 12, 20051:36 am| 5 Comments

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Unless you are Tom DeLay today, who, on the heels of celebrating the forced votes to deliver us the flurry of pork laden bills last week, this week finds himself in hot water with the FEC. Again:

A political committee founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may have improperly spent unregulated “soft money” on get-out-the-vote and fundraising activities, the Federal Election Commission says. A DeLay attorney said Thursday the money has been reimbursed.

Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee “potentially” spent about $203,000 in soft money from its nonfederal account to pay for the political activities and administrative expenses, the FEC found in an audit.

ARMPAC has federal and nonfederal accounts that shared certain expenses. The federal account could contain only money subject to federal contribution limits and from individuals and PACs, or hard money. The nonfederal account was not subject to federal regulation and could accept soft money, which can include contributions from corporations and labor unions.

The FEC audit also found that DeLay’s committee failed to report more than $300,000 in debts owed to 25 vendors and reported its finances erroneously. DeLay attorney Don McGahn said debts were paid but not in the time prescribed by the FEC. The expenses included eight fundraising events, two each held at Four Streams Golf Club in Beallsville, Md., and a resort in Humacao, Puerto Rico, and others in Orlando, Fla., California, New York and Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving, Texas.

But don’t worry about Tom- he has friends in low places:

Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist involved in ethics allegations facing Representative Tom DeLay, was indicted in Florida on Thursday on unrelated fraud charges involving his purchase of a fleet of gambling boats from a businessman who was slain amid bitter wrangling over the sale.

The indictment by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale charges Mr. Abramoff and a business partner with conspiracy and wire fraud in the $147.5 million purchase of the shipping line, SunCruz Casinos, in 2000. They are accused of presenting lenders with a counterfeit document suggesting that they had arranged a $23 million wire transfer to the seller.

‘Restoring honor and dignity’ to the other House on Capitol Hill. More here.

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5Comments

  1. 1.

    DougJ

    August 12, 2005 at 8:51 am

    The media’s anti-DeLay jihad continues…

  2. 2.

    Geek, Esq.

    August 12, 2005 at 8:59 am

    So, the question is, is it Barzini or Tattaglia who are trying to undermine Don DeLay?

  3. 3.

    yet another jeff

    August 12, 2005 at 9:51 am

    DougJ, it’s not a jihad, it’s a crusade.

    As far as the media goes…well, the problem with the DeLay accusations is that the facts themselves seem biased against DeLay. Hopefully we can get ID into schools soon so children will not be bothered by pesky deductive reasoning skills.

  4. 4.

    Marcos

    August 12, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    Allah willing, the heretic DeLay will be brought down to lay with the pests he once exterminated. No true believer will rest until this holy task is accomplished.

    God is great!

    Mulah Marcos
    Senior CNN Balloon Juice Correspondent

  5. 5.

    JWeidner

    August 12, 2005 at 5:27 pm

    The media’s anti-DeLay jihad continues…

    Yeah, that pesky liberal media. They keep picking up the dirty laundry that DeLay and Abramoff leave lying around…It’s allllll the media’s fault.

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