The admission from Topeka, Kan.-based Westar Energy marks the first time a company has publicly admitted to donating to DeLay's political action committee in exchange for a meeting and possible legislative help.
In court documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News, Westar officials said after they made the donation, two company executives attended a June 2002 golf outing with DeLay and two top aides at The Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Va.
Former DeLay aide Drew Maloney said DeLay's staff did not require that donations be given in exchange for access. The company claims it sent the money to talk with DeLay about getting an exemption in federal law, but not to affect legislative elections in Texas.
Westar spokeswoman Karla Olsen said the company made the contribution with no guarantees that the law would be changed. "We understood we were only having discussions," she said.
The provision the company sought was included in a House bill with DeLay's support, but it was later withdrawn after a grand jury began investigating corporate fund-raising during the state's 2002 legislative races.
Source: Yahoo News
This is a big news which, yet again, shows the real face of Tom "slimeball" DeLay, but it probably won't be mentioned in mainstream news due to the London bombings.
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Article comments
1 - Nancy
For some reason, while ALL politicians are basically whores & slimeballs, Republicans seem to have more trouble w/corruption & interest charges than normal. Maybe it's the hubris buildup of the last few decades, but I sure can't recall any Dems. that practice corruption on such a large scale as the outstanding Republican practitioners have, like Nixon, Agnew, or the current crop of cuties. They even control the media these days, too.
2 - John Bambenek
Bullshit.
Corruption is not a Republican problem, it's a politician problem...
You want to see rampant Dem corruption, take a look at Illinois