DeLay reports fund-raising total for defense

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Tom DeLay's Legal Expense Trust reported Monday that it raised $318,000 in the third quarter to help the Texas Republican fight state charges of conspiracy and money laundering.
The fund spent $278,466 during the three-month period that ended Sept. 30, but most legal costs for the Texas case are yet to come as the former majority leader prepares for a possible trial.
The Houston-based trustee, Brent Perry, has said this was the fund's best quarter since it was started in June 2000.
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