DeLay Co-Defendants: Law Is Too Confusing

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From The Austin-American Statesman:

“The law that helped drive U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay from office and put two of his allies under criminal indictment can’t be understood by the “man in the street,” defense lawyers argued this morning.

Lawyers for Jim Ellis and John Colyandro, two DeLay lieutenants who operated Texans for a Republican Majority during the 2002 campaign, argued that the 3rd Court of Appeals should throw out indictments brought against their clients because the state’s ban on corporate campaign money is confusing.”

Via The Stakeholder.

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