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Wednesday, September 29
View Article  Republican of the week: former NY state senator Guy J. Velella
by David on Wed 29 Sep 2004 03:01 PM CDT
Former Republican state Sen. Guy J. Velella  was sentenced in June to a year in jail. The charge was accepting bribes.
 
Velella was released today after serving a little more than three months in Rikers Island.
 
After admitting he helped those who paid bribes win public contracts, he was jailed on June 21.
Velella, his father and two other men were indicted in May 2002 on 25-counts. The indictment alleges he accepted at least $137,000 in bribes from contractors from 1995 through June 2000.
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Wednesday, September 22
View Article  Republicans of the Week: Tom DeLay's shills
by David on Wed 22 Sep 2004 02:30 PM CDT
Three top political aides to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) were indicted Tuesday on charges of illegally raising political funds from corporations in 2002, much of which was funneled into the Republican takeover of the Texas legislature.

Corporate contributions to state legislative candidates are illegal in Texas. A Travis County grand jury indicted DeLay political aide Jim Ellis, fundraiser Warren RoBold and John Colyandro, the executive director of DeLay's political action committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, known as TRMPAC. Eight corporations also were indicted for illegal political contributions.

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Friday, September 10
View Article  Republican of the week: perjurer Janet Moncrief
by David on Fri 10 Sep 2004 03:32 PM CDT

Las Vegas Republican City Councilwoman Janet Moncrief pleaded not guilty to felony charges of filing false campaign finance reports.

Moncrief, 45, appeared in Clark County District Court During for a brief arraignment hearing, and Judge Nancy Saitta scheduled trial for Feb. 7.

A grand jury indicted Moncrief last month on four felony counts of submitting false documents to a public agency and one felony count of perjury. If convicted, she faces a possible sentence of probation to 24 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

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