Travis County District Attorney indicted 3 aides to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay for illegally raising funds as well as 8 corporations for illegal campaign contributions.
Corporate contributions to state legislative candidates are illegal in Texas.
The 3 indicted DeLay cronies are political aide Jim Ellis, fundraiser Warren RoBold and John Colyandro, the executive director of TRMPAC, DeLay's political action committee.The 8 corporations include retailer Sears and Cracker Barrel restaurants.
On exchange for plea bargains, Earle is expected to be looking for testimony against DeLay.
