The third significant plea deal in the Abramoff/DeLay bribery scandal was announced today and Tom C. Rudy, DeLay's former deputy chief of staff, names Ed Buckham, DeLay's former chief of staff, as being a central player in the scandal.
Photo credit: Tony Rudy, a former deputy chief of staff to Rep. Tom Delay, leaves Federal Court in Washington, Friday, March 31, 2006. after pleading guilty to conspiracy and promised to cooperate with the governments investigation of lobby fraud. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
BREAKING:
Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His SeatRepresentative Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months.Photo credit: US Representative Tom DeLay on Capitol Hill. (Photo: TIME Magazine)
Also see
- DeLay to Resign From Congress
- TomPaine.com - The Hammer Is Nailed
Tom DeLay is gone, but his politics of division and corrupt system of corporate patronage live on.
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- Sidney Blumenthal: I, DeLay
- DeLay Departs: Champagne All Around! | The Progressive
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