Clinton Administration fund raising scandals are either lingering late or beginning early, to judge by the arrest of Norman Hsu. Here is the Washington Post:
Last week, before his world came crashing down, Norman Hsu helped organize a breakfast meeting in San Francisco with prospective donors. The featured attraction was Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. ...
In the past four years, Hsu raised more than $1.2 million for Democratic causes and candidates, including the DNC and the campaign of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer. And in the past six months, Hsu became a leading fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). A person familiar with Clinton's fundraising, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Hsu had raised "in the hundreds of thousands of dollars" since January for Clinton's presidential bid.
Now I don't want to cast aspersions on anyone, but where exactly was this money coming from? The Los Angeles Times has this:
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.
Did you get that? He delivered "hefty contributions from citizens who live modest lives"? People like, say, Buddhist monks? No wait, that was Al Gore.
In addition to filing for bankruptcy, Mr. Hsu also has a habit of skipping town when out on bail. A lot of bail. Again from the WaPo:
His association with Clinton cast an unwanted national spotlight on Hsu, leading to the discovery last week that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest stemming from a 15-year-old felony theft conviction.
Now, instead of finalizing plans to headline a Sept. 30 Clinton fundraiser in Woodside, Calif., where Quincy Jones is scheduled to perform, Hsu is under arrest, after being captured as a fugitive. FBI agents took him into custody last night at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., the Associated Press learned from FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler.
On Wednesday, he failed to appear at a court hearing related to the warrant, forfeiting $2 million in bail. Hsu's attorney James Brosnahan told a San Mateo County judge he did not know where Hsu had gone. The office of California's attorney general said it had not expected Hsu to flee and had not collected his passport.
California has been looking of this guy since he skipped town 15 years ago. For three of them, he has been a national figure. But no, California's attorney general didn't expect him to flee! Tell me guys, what would raise such expectations? Hsu's butt in a plane headed for Macao? This election is going to be more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
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