Petrelis Files

The oddest thing about the money trail I followed for President Bush's Attorney General nominee, Alberto R. Gonzales, was that he apparently made a donation to a Democrat, former Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. I couldn't find any record at tray.com showing a donation to Bentsen, but $25 was returned to Gonzeles from Bentsen's campaign.

No surprise Gonzales contributed to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-TX, back in 1993. His $500 donation to her is no reason for her to recuse herself from voting to confirm him to be the new Attorney General, according to Kenyon Brown of the Senate Ethics Committee who spoke with me on the phone about the donation yesterday.

This link, http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/php/filer.php?acct=00022309, should take you directly to Gonzales' filings as a candidate for and justice on the Texas Supreme Court. If that link does not work, go to http://www.ethics.state.tx.us and look for the contributions search function.

You can find which individuals and corporations gave Gonzales money, and how he spent the money raised at the Texas ethics commission web site.
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GONZALES, ALBERTO R
2/16/1993 $500.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
VINSON & ELKINS -[Contribution]
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

GONZALES, ALBERTO R
7/11/1994 $200.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
VINSON & ELKINS -[Contribution]
NATIONAL GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND; THE

GONZALES, ALBERTO R
2/26/1993 -$25.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
-[contribution refunded to individual]
SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN ELECTION COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]


GONZALES, ALBERTO R
10/23/1991 $200.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
VINSON & ELKINS -[Contribution]
NATIONAL GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND; THE

GONZALES, ALBERTO R
7/7/1992 $200.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
VINSON & ELKINS -[Contribution]
NATIONAL GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND; THE

GONZALES, ALBERTO R
10/5/1992 $200.00
HOUSTON, TX 77002
VINSON & ELKINS -[Contribution]
NATIONAL GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND; THE