Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Tom Delay Assistant Pleads Guilty

Tom Delay assistant pleads guilty, and will cooperate in the mega corruption case involving several members of Congress. This is the same case involving Jack Abramoff.


Former DeLay aide pleads guilty in lobbyist fraud probe


WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and promised to help with an investigation of bribery and lobbying fraud that has already netted three convictions and sparked calls for ethics reform in Congress.

Tony Rudy, DeLay's former deputy chief of staff, admitted conspiring with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff — both while Rudy worked for DeLay and after he left the lawmaker's staff to become a lobbyist himself.

He is the second former DeLay staffer to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the lobbying probe. The plea agreement makes no allegation that the Texas lawmaker did anything wrong.

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