Another day, another wanted - literally wanted - Hillary Clinton supporter.
“For the last 15 years, California authorities have been trying to figure out what happened to a businessman named Norman Hsu, who pleaded no contest to grand theft, agreed to serve up to three years in prison and then seemed to vanish.
“He is a fugitive,” Ronald Smetana, who handled the case for the state attorney general, said in an interview. “Do you know where he is?”
Hsu, it seems, has been hiding in plain sight, at least for the last three years.
Since 2004, one Norman Hsu has been carving out a prominent place of honor among Democratic fundraisers. He has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions into party coffers, much of it earmarked for presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
In addition to making his own contributions, Hsu has honed the practice of assembling packets of checks from contributors who bear little resemblance to the usual Democratic deep pockets: A self-described apparel executive with a variety of business interests, Hsu has focused on delivering hefty contributions from citizens who live modest lives and are neophytes in the world of campaign giving.
On Tuesday, E. Lawrence Barcella Jr. — a Washington lawyer who represents the Democratic fundraiser — confirmed that Hsu was the same man who was involved in the California case. Barcella said his client did not remember pleading to a criminal charge and facing the prospect of jail time. Hsu remembers the episode as part of a settlement with creditors when he also went through bankruptcy, Barcella said.
The bulk of the campaign dollars raised by major parties comes from the same sources: business groups, labor unions and other well-heeled interests with a long-term need to win friends in the political arena.”
You’ll remember that the WSJ yesterday identified a possible campaign laundering operation involving a Chinese family by the name of Paw who have given more money to Hillary than is fiscally possible given their meager earnings. So did Hillary know that Mr. Hsu was wanted? If so - when? Will she now return the tens of thousands of dollars donated by a fugitive, or does her rhetoric about cleaning up Washington mean nothing?
Looks like it’s time for that FEC complaint.
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Hillary’s Top Fund Raiser is a Fugitive « opinionated geek……with a laptop
August 29th, 2007 at 7:23 am
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habanero
August 29th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
2I had noticed a few days ago it appeared the MSM was circling the wagons around Hillary more than usual, and I didn’t know why. Now I do.
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