Fundraisers’ E-Mails Sought
A Texas grand jury asked Thursday for all e-mail sent and received in 2002 by three indicted associates of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) as part of an investigation into an alleged campaign finance scheme.
The latest subpoenas request correspondence to and from e-mail addresses belonging to John Colyandro, who was executive director of Texans for a Republican Majority, a political action committee founded by DeLay; Jim Ellis, who runs DeLay’s national fundraising committee, Americans for a Republican Majority; and Warren RoBold, a Republican fundraiser in Washington.
The grand jury did not ask DeLay to provide e-mails.
Prosecutors allege that DeLay and his associates funneled corporate money given to Texans for a Republican Majority to an arm of the Republican National Committee, and that it sent the money back to seven Republican candidates for the Texas Legislature.
Texas law prohibits the direct use of corporate money in political campaigns.
DeLay, Ellis and Colyandro are charged with conspiracy and money laundering.
Colyandro and RoBold are charged with accepting or making restricted corporate donations.
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