Tom DeLay.

Republican caught with hand in the cookie jar.

It really should come as no surprise to anyone that a high ranking Politician has been caught diverting funds. I mean, it's what these people do. They are there to make as much money as they possibly can, while they can. And if they gotta bend a few rules on the way, well, hey, you can't bake a cake without breaking a few eggs.

DeLay, who represents a Houston area district, had been House majority leader from 2002 until last week's indictment.
DeLay stepped down from his House leadership position last week after a different Travis County grand jury indicted him on conspiracy charges in connection with the illegal funnelling of corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Because of House Republican rules, he quit the leadership post.
He was able to keep his congressional seat Texas law prohibits corporate political contributions.

The latest indictment, from a grand jury whose term began Monday, came just hours after DeLay's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the original case.

Quotes and Picture from Yellow Dog Blog.
More on the Story from Reuters.uk

The question arises, why do we, the Voting Public, put up with dishonesty from our Elected Officials?