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Indicted Corporation Bacardi Inc. also Made a Contribution to Democrat Congressman Martin Frost's PAC Earle Says It's Only Ilegal for DeLay Not Frost
Frost, a Democratic leadership member of Congress defeated in 2004, and his state PAC, The Lone Star Fund, engaged in multiple money trades between his Texas PAC (Lone Star Fund Texas) and the Texas Democrat Party, many of which went unreported to the Texas Ethics Commission. None of the Lone Star filings were done electronically because the treasurer claimed the organization had no access to a computer. Therefore, most of the key filings were never online, thus shielding them from public scrutiny unless an individual physically went to the Secretary of State’s office in Austin. Republican state Senator Bob Deuell requested by letter that Earle investigate Frost’s PAC on May 27, 2004 for what he believed were illegal contributions to his 2002 opponent, the DA gave it a cursory, eight-week review and wrote ‘nothing looked improper’. Earle later made false public statements (listen here, choose 2nd TV player), possibly deliberately, when he was interviewed on "Texas Monthly Talks" a television interview program airing on May 5, 2005. The program is affiliated with the leftwing “Texas Monthly” magazine. Earle was asked if he was investigating any Democrats similar to TRMPAC in that same 2002 election cycle. He said no, because ‘nobody has made allegations against Democrats engaging in similar activities.’ He said this despite personally signing a two-page letter dated July 30, 2004 to Sen. Deuell informing him of the results of his so-called “investigation”. The letter clears Frost of any wrongdoing because his funds were kept separately. That is, the corporate and non-corporate money were kept in separate accounts, even though the PAC reported it as being all together.
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