
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 6, 1994                   TAG: 9402060123
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

HUTCHISON USED CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY LEGAL FEES

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, used at least $93,000 in campaign funds to pay criminal defense attorneys during an investigation of misconduct allegations against her.

Hutchison, who was elected to the Senate last year, is scheduled to go to trial Monday in Fort Worth on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from her tenure as state treasurer.

Her campaign finance report, filed Friday with the secretary of the Senate, showed that Hutchison paid the Dallas law firm of McColl & McColloch $93,833.15 for "consultant" services last year. The Texas Legal Directory states that the firm's specialty is criminal law, including "white collar crime" and "post-conviction remedies."

Michael McColloch, an attorney for Hutchison, said he is a member of the senator's criminal defense team.

A spokesman for Hutchison, David Beckwith, confirmed that she had used campaign funds for legal expenses, before her indictment by a Travis County grand jury last fall.

- Dallas Morning News

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