DeLay Assembles Defense Team For Ethics Complaint, Texas Probe Wed Jul 07 2004 10:14:42 ET Facing legal challenges in Washington and Austin, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has retained lawyers to defend him in both a Congressional ethics probe and an ongoing investigation into Texas' 2002 legislative races, ROLL CALL reported today. DeLay has rehired former Rep. Ed Bethune (R-Ark.), currently a lawyer with the firm Bracewell & Patterson, to represent him against an ethics complaint filed by Rep. Chris Bell (D-Texas), DeLay aides said. Meanwhile, in Austin, sources close to the Texas Republican said DeLay has hired two...