TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains

Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation

"...the investigation." DeLay insists that he knows little of TRMPAC activities and that since he has not been deposed..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains

Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation

"...the investigation." DeLay insists that he knows little of TRMPAC activities and that since he has not been deposed..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

TRMPAC Finally Lands in Court

Longtime Republican testifies ... for the Democrats

"...Texans for a Republican Majority – familiarly known as TRMPAC – stands accused of skirting campaign finance laws to..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Indictments Pending: TRMPAC, TAB, and the Travis Co. D.A.

"...John Colyandro (executive director, TRMPAC)..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

TRMPAC Forever

Justice DeLayed is justice forgotten

"...corporate donations to Texans for a Republican Majority (aka TRMPAC), via the Republican National Committee, to state legislative candidates..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Terry Nelson and that TRMPAC Thing

McCain loses an old buddy of Tom DeLay's.

"...of The Hammer's plan to illicitly filter $190,000 in TRMPAC cash into state election coffers...."

July 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Will TRMPAC Mess Stick to Baxter and Stick?

The GOP freshmen play defense in the campaign-cash scandal

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

DeLay-related organization promised corporate money would get to GOP candidates

"...money-in-politics dispute, state District Judge Joe Hart determined that TRMPAC – created as a state party-building arm of U.S...."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

So What – Now?

The TRMPAC trial concludes, as the fight continues over the 2002 Lege races

"..."clarity" in the state's 100-year-old-plus election laws (see "Taylor's TRMPAC Thunder")...."

March 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Plead Ignorance

In the wake of the TRMPAC indictments, the big players are scurrying for cover

"...sailors and blast candidates directly. In a similar way, TRMPAC fundraisers targeted corporate deep-pockets, and implicitly acknowledged the state..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

A Republican will take the stand for the Democrats

"...heard in a nonjury trial that begins Feb. 28. TRMPAC attorneys had sought to have Potter eliminated from the..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Unidentified person of interest will make self known to investigators

"...Texans for a Republican Majority. The group, known as TRMPAC for short, built much of its success on financing..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

GOP attorney says he wants "clarification" of state's campaign finance laws

"...realtor Vance Miller – were also big contributors to TRMPAC in the 2002 election cycle at issue in both..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...the 2002 state elections – into which TAB and TRMPAC poured around $4.5 million – and during Craddick's subsequent..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Following Tomstown's Money

It's election season in Texas. Are there indictments in the air?

"...The TRMPAC litigants are back in court this week – scheduled..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Tweaking the Elephant's Booty

The TRMPAC lawsuit rumbles into Travis Co. court

"...in District 48) – sued on the grounds that TRMPAC had accepted more than $700,000 in corporate contributions (which..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: A Hill of Beans

Tom DeLay's story is a profile in political corruption

"...to prove that DeLay knowingly directed the swap because TRMPAC was having trouble raising sufficient individual donations, and therefore..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Bentzin's Bad Connection

District 48 candidate's acknowledgement that he hired political consultant John Colyandro to work on his Senate campaign in 2002 raises big legal questions

"...GOP candidates, including Bentzin. Democrats have long believed that TRMPAC and TAB illegally coordinated their efforts with some of..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The DA Makes a Deal

They stole the Lege – will we get more in return than a sermon?

"...as he represents the rather more heavily indicted former TRMPAC director John Colyandro, and the conventional sections of the..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Tomstown Suits Go Forward

A Travis Co. judge declines TRMPAC's motions for summary judgment

"...the PAC by four defeated Democratic 2002 legislative candidates. TRMPAC attorney Terry Scarborough had argued that his clients, including..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: The Chosen One

Jury finds DeLay guilty of money-laundering and conspiracy

"...end they understood it – that the transfer of TRMPAC funds had in fact been an attempt to circumvent..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Column by Michael King

DeLay Trial: How Soft Money Gets Hard

DeLay trial begins

"...funds – those given by individual donors – was TRMPAC's way of evading that prohibition, Mathews argued. "It was..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Never Enough Time for Ethics

House GOP leadership seems determined to pretend bipartisan reform bill quietly disappearsName(s) of subject

"...any moment. In the lawsuit, Democratic plaintiffs claim that TRMPAC treasurer Bill Ceverha failed to report corporate contributions that..."

April 22, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Tomstown Hits the Fan

Felony indictments handed down in GOP campaign cash scandal

"...grand jury against Republican operatives involved in the 2002 TRMPAC election effort, most notably three players central to the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

The Bug Man hits up his friends for his anticipated legal defense fund

"...the grand jury, although several dozen others connected to TRMPAC, ARMPAC, and TAB have either testified or are expected..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Is the Hammer Nailed?

Yet another indictment of DeLay, this time for money laundering. Will it reverberate for other politicos?

"...committee – Texans for a Republican Majority, known as TRMPAC, and the Texas Association of Business. Both groups played..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the eight corporations indicted for illegal contributions to TRMPAC during the 2002 state legislative campaign. Under the agreement,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Whack-a-Pol!

Dems come out swinging at Austin's GOP House freshmen

"...formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Three TRMPAC foot soldiers face indictments alleging they laundered illegal corporate..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Top 10 State Stories

Our state leaders bumble through the year

"...2) The TRMPAC Lawsuit: It's a scam so juicy, it takes up..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

The campaign cash quagmire soils the speaker

"...most revealing findings had Craddick personally delivering $152,000 in TRMPAC campaign checks to 14 Republican candidates – while campaigning..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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