The prosecutor who indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) subpoenaed documents Wednesday that purportedly show communication between DeLay's political action committee and that of Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), who took up the reins after DeLay was forced to relinquish his post, RAW STORY has learned.
Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle subpoenaed the bank records of DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority PAC, which gave $75,000 to start Texans for a Republican Majority, Delay's Texas committee which is at the core of Earle's indictments.
Earle is also seeking records which allegedly show that DeLay's national PAC gave to the Missouri Republican Party and Blunt's Rely on Your Own Beliefs PAC.
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Federal Election Commission records show that Blunt's PAC also paid roughly $88,000 in fees since 2003 to a consultant facing indictment in Texas in the same case as DeLay.
Jim Ellis, who worked as the Blunt fundraiser, was subpoenaed along with DeLay.
DeLay is charged with conspiracy to inappropriately use corporate contributions to redistrict Texas, further cementing Republican control of the state.
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Correction: DeLay's committee was misidentified in the first edition of this article. It is the Texans for a Republican Majority PAC.
Originally published on Wednesday November 16, 2005
