Associates of Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Majority Whip Roy Blunt were indicted on additional felony charges yesterday by a Travis County grand jury.  Here's background on the ties between Ellis, DeLay and Blunt.

According to the Dallas Morning News:

Two political associates of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted Tuesday on additional felony charges of illegally using corporate money to elect Republicans in 2002.

John Colyandro and Jim Ellis were charged with using $190,000 in corporate money to make campaign contributions to GOP candidates for the Texas House in what prosecutors say was an illegal money-laundering scheme.

This is not the first time Ellis has been in trouble for his financial schemes.  During his tenure with Blunt's ROYB Fund, the committee was forced to enter a consent decree with the Missouri Ethics Commission for failure to properly disclose contributions to that fund.

Subsequently, the ROYB Fund was forced to enter into a consent decree with the Missouri Ethics Commission for failing to comply with Missouri law by disclosing donors in a timely fashion.