Tom Delay

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** FILE ** Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay talks to reporters as he leaves a lunch meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, in Washington. A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of DeLay on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, saying there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found him guilty of illegally funneling money to Republican candidates. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Texas Republican, speaks about his upcoming appeal of a money-laundering conviction at his attorney's office in Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Christine DeLay wipes away tears at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Monday, after her husband, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was sentenced to serve three years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. (Associated Press)

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Actor Barry Pepper plays Michael Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay who helped lobbyist Jack Abramoff pull off his acts, in "Casino Jack," which opens on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Former Rep. Tom DeLay (Associated Press, File)

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Jury selection for the trial of ex House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, seen here on Capitol Hill in April 2006, starts Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay speaks to media during a break at his pre-trial hearing at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Mr. DeLay will get his long-awaited trial on a money laundering indictment ahead of two co-defendants, who now face lesser charges, a judge said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)