Off the Kuff: TRMPAC loses civil suit
Off the Kuff: TRMPAC loses civil suit: "The first domino has fallen.
The treasurer of a political committee formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay violated Texas election code by not reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and expenditures, a civil judge ruled today.
State District Judge Joe Hart, in a letter to attorneys outlining his ruling, said the money should have been reported to the Texas Ethics Commission.
The ruling means Bill Ceverha, treasurer of the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee, will have to pay just under $200,000 to be divided among five losing Democratic candidates in 2002 legislative races. Those candidates brought the lawsuit against Ceverha.
Ceverha's lawyers argued in court earlier this year that the group operated legally despite the confusion of state campaign funding laws.
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Three of DeLay's top fund-raisers and eight corporations were indicted in the criminal investigation in September. Ceverha has not been charged in the criminal case.
The lawsuit was not also brought against the criminal defendants because of the pending criminal trial. They may well get sued later."
Read Kuff's commentary on this story.
The treasurer of a political committee formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay violated Texas election code by not reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and expenditures, a civil judge ruled today.
State District Judge Joe Hart, in a letter to attorneys outlining his ruling, said the money should have been reported to the Texas Ethics Commission.
The ruling means Bill Ceverha, treasurer of the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee, will have to pay just under $200,000 to be divided among five losing Democratic candidates in 2002 legislative races. Those candidates brought the lawsuit against Ceverha.
Ceverha's lawyers argued in court earlier this year that the group operated legally despite the confusion of state campaign funding laws.
[...]
Three of DeLay's top fund-raisers and eight corporations were indicted in the criminal investigation in September. Ceverha has not been charged in the criminal case.
The lawsuit was not also brought against the criminal defendants because of the pending criminal trial. They may well get sued later."
Read Kuff's commentary on this story.
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