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Exploration of Texas Congressman Tom DeLay and the criminal investigation of his campaign fundraising practices as well as the connection between corporate money and government.
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The Big Buy is a Texas noir political documentary that chronicles Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle's investigation into a bloodless coup with cash allegedly perpetrated by Senator Tom Delay, arguably the most powerful Congressman in the country. In his last case before retirement, D.A. Ronnie Earle crusades against a forceful political machine that conspired not just a possibly illegal takeover of Texas political power, but an affront to the very soul of democracy. The film follows D.A. Earle as he leads us through his own tortured search for the truth. Relying on the drama's participants for its narration, the film uses interviews and archival footage to provide a fast-paced and darkly entertaining look inside the investigation.
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