Tom DeLays' Revisionist History

After Indictment, DeLay Grossly Distorts Role With TRMPAC

Tom DeLay wants you to believe he was completely in the dark about
TRMPAC's activities. Here's what DeLay said tonight on Hardball:

"That's TRMPAC. That's not me...I was simply, along with four other
elected officials, on an advisory board. They used my name as
headliners for fundraisers and I had no idea what they were doing."

The facts suggest otherwise:

DELAY SAID TRMPAC WAS HIS IDEA: "U.S. House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay, R-Sugar Land, said Wednesday that it was his idea to create
Texans for a Republican Majority." [Austin American Statesman,
3/10/05]

DELAY ADMITTED HE WAS A "CREATOR, ADVISOR AND FUNDRAISER" FOR
TRMPAC: "House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Wednesday he served as
a creator, adviser and fund-raiser to a Texas-based political action
committee now under state criminal investigation." [Houston
Chronicle, 3/10/04]

TRMPAC LITERATURE NAMES DELAY AS ORGANZATION "LEADER": "Q: Who is
Leading Texas for a Republican Majority? A: The leadership of the PAC
includes Rep. Tom DeLay..." [TRMPAC, Q&A For Potential Media
Inquires]

EVIDENCE SUGGESTS DELAY WAS INVOLVED IN COLLECTING CORPORATE
CONTRIBUTIONS: "Documents, which were entered into evidence last week
in a related civil trial in Austin, the state capital, suggest that Mr.
DeLay personally forwarded at least one large corporate check to the
committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, and that he was in direct
contact with lobbyists for some of the nation's largest companies on
the committee's behalf." [New York Times, 3/9/05]

DELAY PARTICIPATED IN TRMPAC FINANCE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALLS:
[TRMPAC, 10/5/02]

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/28/delay-distorts-role/

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