AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas grand jury asked Thursday for all e-mails sent and received in 2002 by three indicted associates of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay as part of an investigation into an alleged campaign finance scheme.
The latest subpoenas request correspondence to and from e-mail addresses belonging to John Colyandro, Jim Ellis and Warren RoBold. The grand jury did not ask DeLay to provide any e-mails.
Colyandro was executive director of Texans for a Republican Majority, a political action committee founded by DeLay. Ellis runs DeLay’s national fundraising committee, Americans for a Republican Majority, and Robold is a Republican fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors say DeLay and his associates funneled corporate money given to the Texas committee to an arm of the Republican National Committee, which sent it back to seven GOP candidates for the Texas Legislature. Texas law prohibits corporate money from being used directly in a political campaign.
DeLay, Ellis and Colyandro are charged with conspiracy and money laundering. Colyandro and RoBold are charged with accepting or making restricted corporate donations.
Among the information being requested, the grand jury seeks records from DeLay’s political committee in Texas, including billing information and subscriber and recipient details.
The grand jury also repeated a request for telephone records from DeLay’s daughter, Danielle DeLay Ferro, a political consultant.
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