Tom DeLay is sentenced to three years
Former US House Majority Leader Tom Delay was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for his role in a money-laundering scheme that helped Republicans reshape Texas politics nearly a decade ago.
Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, the brash Texan who helped build and tightly control a Republican majority in his chamber until resigning in 2005, was sentenced by a state judge yesterday to three years in prison for illegally plotting to funnel corporate contributions to Texas legislative candidates.