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Rudy then went on to work for more than five years in Tom DeLay's office. During his time working for DeLay, Rudy served as press secretary, policy director, and finally deputy chief of staff, while DeLay progressed within the
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Rudy's March 2006 guilty plea on a charge of conspiracy covered payments from
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