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Two charges -- money laundering and conspiring to launder money -- remain against the former congressman. He resigned last year amid allegations that he violated campaign finance laws to funnel $190,000 in corporate contributions to Republicans in the state's 2002 legislative elections, the AP reported.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 5-4 against reinstating a count of conspiracy to violate the state's election code, the AP reported.
A state district judge threw out that charge in December 2005 after defense lawyers argued that the law DeLay was accused of violating didn't take effect until 2003. A regional appeals court upheld the judge's decision, the AP reported.-New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Posted June 29th, 2007 by Alla
