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Hillary aide indicted ("Star-studded gala")
NY Daily News ^
| January 8, 2005
| KENNETH R. BAZINET
Posted on 01/08/2005 3:41:13 PM PST by Chi-townChief
WASHINGTON - A top aide in Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate race was indicted yesterday on federal charges of filing false documents that allegedly lowballed costs and hid generous assistance in putting on a star-studded Hollywood gala.
The Justice Department alleges that David Rosen, Clinton's former campaign finance director, misstated the cost of the fund-raiser to free up more cash for the Democrat's 2000 election. Campaign staffers have denied the books were cooked.
Rosen was indicted on four counts of filing false Federal Election Commission reports stemming from an Aug. 12, 2000, fund-raising dinner and concert for Clinton's Senate campaign.
The event, also billed as a tribute to then-President Bill Clinton, featured Paul Anka, Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, Cher, Melissa Etheridge, Patti LaBelle, Brian McKnight, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross.
Prosecutors have not implicated Clinton - the Democrats' leading contender for 2008 - but even if they never do, Republicans are sure to latch onto the charges.
The administration of her husband was tarred with charges of shady fund-raising, including selling infamous visits to the White House's Lincoln bedroom.
David Kendall, the Clintons' scandal lawyer during their White House years, said in a statement he expects the charges won't stick.
"The [Clinton] Senate Campaign Committee has fully cooperated with the investigation," Kendall said. "We trust that when all the facts are in [Rosen] will be cleared."
Rosen's lawyer had no immediate comment.
The feds allege the event cost more than $1.2 million to produce, mostly from in-kind contributions in the form of goods and services, but Rosen knowingly reported only $400,000 to the FEC.
In a related case, convicted felon Peter Paul, a former partner of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, has told authorities he wrote checks to pay for most of the Clinton event. The feds claim he ponied up to try to win a pardon from President Clinton before he left office. Paul's case has been supported by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that has pursued Bill Clinton.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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The event, also billed as a tribute to then-President Bill Clinton, featured Paul Anka, Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, Cher, Melissa Etheridge, Patti LaBelle, Brian McKnight, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross.
Now THERE'S some "quality" entertainment!
To: Chi-townChief
What a bunch of hemhorrhoids..."star-studded" is way too generous, IMHO.
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
01/08/2005 4:14:08 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: Chi-townChief
A drop in her bucket of corruption.
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posted on
01/08/2005 4:25:17 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
"We trust that when all the facts are in [Rosen] will be cleared."Or we'll destroy his criminal butt faster than we did any slut or nut.
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posted on
01/08/2005 4:26:29 PM PST
by
D-fendr
To: Chi-townChief
Why did it take over 4 years to indict? The questions about the Peter Paul shindig were raised years ago. It was the same with the Buddist Temple incident.
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posted on
01/08/2005 7:35:58 PM PST
by
mcenedo
(lying liberal media - our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
To: mcenedo
Yes, just another shinging example of the methodology of the leftist Dems...crime, corruption, lies, deceit -- the usual stuff we have come to expect in copious volumes from the left...Hillary is a proven expert in this area, who developed her skill set right along side her "husband"...laws, rules, regulations, ethics, morals, and values -- all obstacles to the liberal Dems...they just have to work around those ugly things.
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posted on
01/08/2005 8:05:36 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: mcenedo
I'd LIKE to believe it's because those evil mean-spirited Wascally Wepubwicans have a devious plot with a carefully planned timetable to slowly strangle Hitlary with her own foul intestines on the way to the 2008 elections.
But I'm probably just fantasizing...
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:10:37 AM PST
by
fire_eye
(Socialism is the opiate of academia.)
To: mcenedo
Peter Paul. What was his felony conviction? I remeber his name but I can't remember his specific crimes. You practically need a flow chart to keep all the Clintonista crimes straight.
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posted on
01/09/2005 12:35:30 AM PST
by
tjg
To: Chi-townChief
"THEY'LL NEVER TIE THIS ONE TO ME AND THEY'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO VINCE!"
To: Joey Silvera
It certainly looks like they didn't get their money's worth.
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