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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has refused to order the release of an internal report on political contributions by Westar Energy Inc., a Kansas company that's been indicted in Texas for making illegal corporate contributions to a political committee founded by Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina refused last week to order the Federal Election Commission to release the report. The ruling came in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed against the FEC by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal watchdog group.
Melanie Sloan, the group's executive director, said Monday she plans to appeal.
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