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BAM: The Austin appeals court erred in deciding that the state’s money-laundering statute – used to prosecute associates of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay – did not apply to transfers made via checks, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled today. The court’s 9-0 decision also upheld the state’s election laws prohibiting corporations […]

More on Delay fromReuters Indicted DeLay leaves House leadership post The second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, said on Wednesday he would step aside temporarily from his leadership post following an indictment on a campaign-finance charge. A grand jury in Travis County, Texas, indicted DeLay on a single felony conspiracy charge […]