Today the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld criminal charges against John Colyandro and Jim Ellis, meaning the case against them related to their work for former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay’s political action committee will proceed at the trial court level. In its unanimous ruling, the state's highest criminal court upheld the constitutionality of Texas’ campaign finance law banning corporations from contributing to candidates. It also said the lower court had no authority to decide the state’s money laundering statute only applied to transfers made with cash and not to those made via checks.

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