Ex-House majority leader has 'no fear' about probe into his activities
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 1:14 p.m. ET April 4, 2006
WASHINGTON - Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he will resign from Congress in the face of a tough re-election race, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism with a bare-knuckled political style.
“I think I could have won this seat but it would have been nasty. It would have cost a fortune to do it,” DeLay said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.
In a statement to constituents, DeLay said, “I have no fear whatsoever about any investigation into me or my personal or professional activities.”
At the same time, he said, “I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign.”
He said the voters of his Houston-area district “deserve a campaign about the vital national issues that they care most about ... and not a campaign focused solely as a referendum on me.”
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