{"id":1471,"date":"2004-03-26T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2004-03-26T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/1471.html"},"modified":"2004-03-26T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2004-03-26T15:45:21","slug":"delay-obviously-concerned-about-indictment-in-fundraising-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/delay-obviously-concerned-about-indictment-in-fundraising-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"DeLay obviously concerned about indictment in fundraising scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned<\/a> yesterday that a fundraising scandal<\/a> before a Texas grand jury may lead to an indictment for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). As Roll Call noted<\/a>, DeLay has even started quiet discussions with GOP leaders about a plan on how to proceed should he have to give up his leadership post.<\/p>\n

The Houston Chronicle, which effectively serves as DeLay’s home-town paper, reported yesterday that DeLay has not only begun discussions on the Hill, but also back home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay apparently is preparing for the possibility that a Travis County grand jury may indict him on charges of violating state campaign finance laws. <\/p>\n

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, told a group of Houston supporters earlier this month he may need to raise more money for a legal defense fund.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Leave it to DeLay to find a way to turn a pending felony indictment into another<\/i> fundraising opportunity.
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DeLay and an aide in a March 8 private meeting at the Omni Houston Hotel talked to Houston supporters about the possible need to pay for a legal defense in connection with the grand jury investigation, according to two people who attended the meeting. <\/p>\n

The meeting at the Omni was part of a regular event DeLay holds every three months for supporters called the “Congressional Quarterly Luncheon.” The two people interviewed by the Chronicle spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the kicker:<\/p>\n

One of those interviewed quoted DeLay as saying, “I fully anticipate being indicted.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If he is, DeLay will have to step down from his leadership post; he won’t have a choice. Moreover, if DeLay is indicted, it will likely come in the late summer or early fall, as the campaign season hits its final stretch. <\/p>\n

I wonder what the impact will be if the high-profile Republican House Majority Leader is under indictment when voters go to the polls?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned yesterday that a fundraising scandal before a Texas grand jury may lead to an indictment for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). As Roll Call noted, DeLay has even started quiet discussions with GOP leaders about a plan on how to proceed should he have to give up his leadership post. The Houston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}