From Kos:
From a Texas reader:Gotta love the timing. I agree with Kos - I'll be really surprised if DeLay walks away from this in the clear...
Breaking News from Travis County CourthouseTexans for a Republican Majority PAC executive director John Colyandro and treasurer Bill Ceverha indicted.
32 count indictment, some corporations also indicted.
DeLay untouched.
There'll be fallout. This was all a DeLay operation.Update: This doesn't mean DeLay is off scott-free. Some of the indicted may give up DeLay as part of a deal. How loyal might they be? Will they take a bullet for the guy?
UPDATE: From the Statesman:
A Travis County grand jury today indicted three consultants with Texans for a Republican Majority and at least seven corporate donors, according to lawyers for U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.UPDATE II: Also indicted: Sears Roebuck and Cracker Barrel (per KVUE and the Houston Chronicle)Indicted were John Colyandro, executive director of the political action committee; Warren Robold, a Washington, D.C., fund-raiser; and Jim Ellis a key aide to DeLay, according to Austin attorney Steve Brittain, who is a lawyer for DeLay.
Defense attorneys said Colyandro and Robold were charged with about a dozen felonies each; Ellis was indicted on one count. It was not yet known what the charges were.
UPDATE III: The Statesman has a list of some other TRMPAC supporters you'll, you know, want to boycott or something...
Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care $100,000
El Paso Energy $50,000
Questerra Corp. $50,000
Diversified Collections $50,000
Constellation Energy $27,500
Burlington Northern Santa Fe $26,000
Belmont Oil & Gas $25,000
Westar Energy $25,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co. $25,000
Williams Cos. Inc. $25,000
Philip Morris Mgmt. Corp./Philip Morris Cos. $25,000
Reliant Resources Inc. $25,000
Old Country Store Inc. $25,000
Bacardi & Co. Ltd. $20,000
AT&T Corp. $20,000
TOTAL $518,500
Update IV: From the AP:
James Ellis, who heads Americans for a Republican Majority, DeLay's national fund-raising committee that helped establish Texans for a Republican Majority, was charged with money laundering, a first-degree felony.Oops - so it looks like Americans for a Republican Majority is definitely involved too...I wonder if all the Republican candidates who received support from ARMPAC will give back their donations as a way of demonstrating their commitment to clean campaigns? According to the most recent records I can find, in Texas alone that would include:John Colyandro and Warren RoBold, who worked with the PAC, were charged with unlawful acceptance of corporate political contributions. (Via The Stakeholder<)
Kevin Brady ($10k)
Michael Burgess ($10k)
John Rice Carter ($10k)
Michael Conaway ($10k)
Louis Gohmert Jr. ($10k)
Ralph Moody Hall ($10k)
Thomas Jeb Hensarling ($10k)
Becky Klein ($5k)
Kenny Ewell Marchant ($10k)
Michael McCaul ($10k)
Arlette Martha Molina ($1k)
Randy Neugebauer ($15k)
Ted Poe ($5k)
Pete Sessions ($10k)
Arlene Wohlgemuth ($10k)
Total: $136,000