Tom DeLay Has Spent Over $400,000 On His Legal Defense In First Three Months Of 2006....

Roll Call Paul Kane May 2, 2006 at 02:19 PM
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Rep. Tom DeLay's (R-Texas) legal defense fund burned through $312,000 in expenses in the first quarter of the year, paying out fees to four different law firms representing the former House Majority Leader on two different legal fronts.

When combined with the $110,000 DeLay paid out of his campaign committee to a firm in January, the new filings show he spent more than $400,000 in the first three months of the year on legal fees and expenses connected to raising money for the defense fund.

DeLay, who is facing a trial on campaign finance charges in Texas and under scrutiny by a Justice Department task force probing the affairs of ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has now shelled out $1.3 million in legal fees in less than two years, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission and the House ethics committee.

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