WHY OBAMA? #7
Clinton fundraising scandals: 1996 & 2007.
2007: A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Norman Hsu, a top Democratic fundraiser and former fugitive accused of cheating investors of at least $20 million and using some of the money to make illegal donations to political candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Hsu's work on Clinton's behalf has been an embarrassment for her presidential campaign, which has returned more than $800,000 to donors whose contributions were linked to him.
1996: Twenty-two people were eventually convicted for fraud or for funneling Asian funds into the United States elections. A number of the convictions came against longtime Clinton-Gore friends and political appointees.
Four days prior to Wang Jun's White House visit, the Clinton Administration granted Poly Technologies import permits that would allow the shipment of over 100,000 semi-automatic weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition to a Detroit company (China Jiang An) that had ties to the Chinese military. Robert Sanders, a U.S. lawyer representing the company, could not explain why the special permits were granted. "All of a sudden, there was a breakthrough," Sanders said. "I can't account for it."
SOURCES:
Hsu Indicted in Federal Court -AP, 4 Dec 2007
PDF of article for printing.
1996 United States campaign finance controversy Wikipedia.
Home | WHY OBAMA? | Submit your own "Why Obama?" | Official Issues Page
Paid for by RENObama!
Not an official Obama for America Website