Posted on 02/10/2004 9:13:50 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING
Kerry’s Donation Records Under Fire, Money From Chinese Army Charles R. Smith Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004
Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry has made much in his campaign about railing against "special interests."
Yet, a close inspection of Kerry's donation records reveals that the Massachusetts senator has taken money from convicted criminals and several key figures from the Clinton China-gate scandal.
According to the Federal Election Commission records Kerry has taken money from Bernard Schwartz the CEO of Loral Corporation, convicted China-gate figure Johnny Chung, convicted China-gate figure John Huang, and convicted fundraising scandal figure Mark Jimenez.
In addition, Kerry has accepted donations from billionaire George Soros, China-gate figure George Chao-Chi Chu, and from well know left-wing activists/actors such as Barbara Streisand and Alex Baldwin.
According to the FEC records, Kerry has returned only some of the cash, in particular the donations from John Huang and a portion of the money donated by George Chao-Chi Chu.
KERRY MEETS PLA LT. COL. LIU
China-gate figure Johnny Chung pled guilty to funneling $10,000 to Kerry and $18,000 to Clinton's 1996 reelection on orders from Chinese General Ji, then the head of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) military intelligence. The money donated to Kerry came directly from cash provided by the Chinese Army General.
According to stories published in the New York Times, Newsweek and the New York Post, Chung came to Kerry's office in July 1996 to seek help in getting Lt. Colonel Liu Chaoying in to meet with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lt. Colonel Liu was then an executive of China Aerospace, a PLA military owned company that produces nuclear tipped missiles. Liu's sponsor Johnny Chung made clear during a meeting in Senator Kerry's office that she was interested in getting China Aerospace listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange.
Lt. Col. Liu was well known in military and intelligence circles. Lt. Col. Liu's father, a retired PLA general, was until 1997 vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. In response, Kerry ordered his aides to contact the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Newsweek, "the next day Liu and Chung were ushered into a private briefing with a senior SEC official." Within a week of the SEC meeting, Kerry's staff wrote Chung asking him to host a Sept. 9 fund-raiser.
KERRY - "NO RECOLLECTION"
Kerry claims that he never met Johnny Chung or Lt. Col. Liu until the Sept. 9 fundraiser. However, according to the Newsweek reports, Kerry wrote a personal note on July 31 to Chung.
Dear Johnny", wrote Kerry. "It was a great pleasure to have met you last week." Kerry also closed the July 31 note with a personal thank you to Chung for being "on my team".
On Sept. 9, 1996, Chung held the Kerry fund-raiser at a Beverly Hills hotel that raked in the $10,000 of Chinese Army money for the senator's re-election campaign. Kerry stated that the Chung note and money was "old news."
The Democrat front-runner also claimed the "Dear Johnny" note was routine in fund-raising.
"I have no recollection of it at all," stated Kerry.
KERRY AND LORAL CEO
Kerry began accepting donations from Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz at about the same time he took money from China-gate figure Johnny Chung. Yet, the Loral CEO was already very familiar with China Aerospace and its PLA connections.
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Hey Kerry, "bring it on!"
"I don't recall." (He's been chatting with Hillary.)
That's OK John, we'll dig up the paper work to remind you, and the American voters, of course.
BUMP
My first thought, too! LOL!
bttt
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