| For Immediate Release Apr 4, 2001 |
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If Delay Does Not Cease and Desist, Judicial Watch Is Prepared to Take Legal Action (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, has learned from an Associated Press report (Click Here) that House Republican majority whip Tom Delay may be selling meetings with Bush Administration officials for $20,000 contributions by donors. If this is the case, Mr. Delay�s actions would be little different than President Clinton�s and Hillary Clinton�s selling seats on Commerce Department trade missions, and would constitute illegal bribery. While Judicial Watch hopes that Mr. Delay is not undertaking these illegal activities, today it is sending him a letter seeking confirmation of the Associated Press report that meetings with Bush Administration officials are being sold for $20,000 contributions. In the letter, Judicial Watch also demands that he immediately cease and desist from this activity. If, at this point, Mr. Delay should refuse, Judicial Watch is prepared to take strong and swift legal action. �Our system of government cannot be bought and sold to the highest bidders. If indeed Mr. Delay is selling meetings with Bush Administration officials for $20,000, the conservative Judicial Watch will not hesitate to do whatever it takes to stop this perversion of our democracy. In this country, all people are equal, and there is no First Amendment right to bribe politicians,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. To view the letter delivered to Representative Delay CLICK HERE. | |