Hsu Steered Major Fundraiser to Obama
Campaign Acknowledges Link to Democratic Donor Who Is Now Under Arrest
By Mosk and Solomon
Sat, Sept 8, ‘07;
FROM:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090703047.html
...Federal Election Commission records show that Hsu gave $5,000 to Obama’s Hopefund PAC in connection with the fundraiser and that people publicly identified with Hsu and his companies gave an additional $19,500 to the PAC in 2005 and 2006. ...
...Mark Gorenberg, who now sits on Obama’s national finance committee and is one of his biggest fundraisers,...
...Earlier this month, focus on his fundraising activities led to revelations that Hsu was a fugitive in a 15-year-old California criminal case, leading to his downfall in political circles....
Obama to Keep Norman Hsu’s Money
While Hillary, Al Franken, Bill Richardson and others are returning Norman Hsu’s campaign contributions, Obama is not....
...I hope the Hsu case doesn’t result in campaigns demanding past criminal history information from those who seek to contribute. That would be a bad precedent....