From the PoliticalMoneyLine email update:
The Tom DeLay Legal Expense Trust reported raising $314,435 and spending $312,465, including $280,000 for legal services. They paid $125,000 to Bracewell & Giuliani (TX), $110,000 to Dick DeGuerin (TX), $40,000 to McGuire Woods, and $5,000 to Winstead Sechrest & Minick (TX). Thirty-five individuals gave $5,000 each. Campaign committee, PACs, and a few corporations gave $138,935. Corporations giving $5,000 included BNSF Railway Company, Panda Energy, Maxxam Inc, Laser Shot Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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full report is also available, but it's interesting to see the usual cast of characters showing up to defend the Bug Man.
Can anyone enlighten me as to whether Rudy Giuliani has any connection to Bracewell & Giuliani, other than a shared name?
Other interesting PoliticalMoneyLine factoids:
Tom DeLay's middle name? Dale.
Let's see where Tommy's been travelling.
Take a look at how much the trip sponsored by FOX News from Sugar Land to DC and back cost. Can anyone say Travelocity? Or Hotwire?