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

DATE: SUNDAY, February 13, 1994                   TAG: 9402130067
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FORT WORTH, TEXAS                                LENGTH: Short

HUTCHISON DOCUMENTS SHOW `MASSIVE MISUSE'

A day after abandoning his prosecution of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was acquitted, the district attorney released reams of documents that he said show a "massive misuse of state employees" while she was Texas treasurer.

A preliminary review of the thousands of documents made public Saturday show that state workers wrote thank-you notes for Hutchison's personal and political speaking engagements and for gifts she received. They tracked checks written as political contributions and kept Hutchison's daily schedules both inside and outside of the Treasury office.

Prosecutors intended to use the documents to prove that Hutchison ran a campaign operation from her state office and used employees for political and personal chores while state treasurer.

- Associated Press

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