DeLay's raising BIG BUCKS for his Defense Fund

So DeLay is raising lots of money for his legal defense fund according to The New York Times:

A legal defense fund established by Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, has dramatically expanded its fund-raising effort in recent months, taking in more than $250,000 since the indictment last fall of two his closest political operatives in Texas, according to Mr. DeLay's latest financial disclosure statements.

The list of recent donors includes dozens of Mr. DeLay's House Republican colleagues, including two lawmakers who were placed on the House ethics committee this year, and several of the nation's largest corporations and their executives.

Among the corporate donors to the defense fund is Bacardi U.S.A., the Florida-based rum maker, which has also been indicted in the Texas investigation, and Reliant Energy, another major contributor to a Texas political action committee formed by Mr. DeLay that is the focus of the criminal inquiry. Groups seeking an overhaul of Congressional ethics rules have long complained that companies might seek the favor of powerful lawmakers by contributing to their legal defense funds.

Someone knows he's in BIG trouble. Does the word "corrupt" come to mind? It's not like we don't know that there are no ethical standards under DeLay's leadership, but this fundraising just reeks of conflicts. Two new members of the Ethics Committee have already given him money? I'm sure that had nothing to do with them getting that assignment.

Don't Bacardi and Reliant have anyone in their companies with an ounce of ethical sense? For Christ sakes, they were already indicted for their relationship with DeLay.

This is the "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely" Congress under the able leadership of Tom DeLay.