DeLay Group Punished by Texas Judge

Filed in: Press on May 26, 2005 12:00 AM

Washington, DC - Today, a Texas State District Judge ruled that Tom DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC) "violated state campaign law when it failed to disclose more than a half-million dollars in corporate contributions during the 2002 state legislative elections." Judge Joseph Hart awarded $196,660 to the five plaintiffs, all Democratic candidates who lost in 2002. [Austin-American Statesman, 5/26/05]

"The long arm of the law finally caught up to the rule-breaking, power-abusing Tom DeLay and a Texas judge is punishing him for his improper activities in 2002," said DNC spokesman Josh Earnest. "Fortunately for the American people, Tom DeLay can no longer assert that the rules of law and justice don't apply to him. It's now time for him to come forward and disclose all of his unethical activities and face a jury of his peers in Congress and, if appropriate, a jury of his peers in a criminal court of law."