John F. Kerry - Johnny Chung Link?

PBS, Lehrer Report | 2-20-04 | GRRRRR

[GRRRRR]

Watching the Lehrer report on PBS right now. The discussion was about Kerry and his taking of soft money, PAC money, special interest money.

The guest, David Brooks, of the NYTimes said that Kerry has taken plenty of special interest money, no more no less than the typical politician. What caught my ear was that he said Kerry was also a receiver of some money from Johnny Chung. Isn't Chung the bag man with brown paper bags of money brought to Klintoon??

Let's see what we can dig up, eh folks?

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[Ann Archy]

Can't someone ask Johhny Chung??? Doesn't any Freeper know how to contact him?

Hey LazyMedia....go find Chung

[mrsmith]

Free Republic threads

[ConservativeMan55]

Lets see what we can dig up. Something's gotta be there.

[Jackson Brown]

connection between them posted here before --

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069858/posts

Just did a title search of "Kerry" & "Chung"

[GRRRRR]

Prior FR post shows up in google search Here AND-- Newsweek Revives 1996 Kerry-Chung Issue Sun February 1, 2004 05:40 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry met a key figure in the 1996 fund-raising scandals well before the Massachusetts senator had previously acknowledged, Newsweek reported on Sunday in its Feb. 9 issue. The news magazine said it had obtained documents that showed Taiwanese-American entrepreneur Johnny Chung, who later pleaded guilty to illegal campaign contributions, came to Kerry's Washington office about two months before he hosted a Los Angeles fund-raiser on Sept. 9, 1996. Kerry had said in 1998 that he did not meet Chung until the night of the fund-raiser. While campaigning in Fargo, North Dakota ahead of Tuesday's electoral contests in seven states, Kerry dismissed the report as "old news." "The moment we found out anything about Mr. Chung and his contributions, we returned them, period. And this was all thoroughly vetted and investigated long ago," Kerry said. Chung pleaded guilty to funneling $28,000 in illegal contributions from bank transfers made on the orders of Chinese military intelligence to the campaigns of Kerry and former President Bill Clinton

[Russ]

Johnny Chung? Just another of the many names from the Clinton era that is bound to resurface in a Kerry campaign.
Nothing to see here folks, move on, we've got a fund raiser at a Buddhist temple to plan...

[mrsmith]

BTW Google is good for recent Free Republic articles BUT I highly recommend Alltheweb for searches of older Free Republic threads!

HERE
brings up the 1997 story tying Kerry to Chung:

"According to a report published Wednesday in The Los Angeles Times, Chung, a California businessman, reimbursed his employees for contributing to Kerry's campaign at a reception he held for the senator at a California hotel in September 1996. Kerry, a Democrat, was on a western fund-raising tour for his hard-fought re-election fight against William Weld, who was then governor of Massachusetts.
Under federal election law, it is illegal to give money to a campaign in the name of someone else. "

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Can't someone ask Johhny Chung??? Doesn't any Freeper know how to contact him?

And he's a FReeper that's soooo hard to locate, too.

Hi Johnny! Long time, no see. Hope this note finds you well.

[petercooper]

I think Newsmax had a pic.

[Brilliant]

It's interesting that the media has not given this more play. The story is out there & has been posted on Freerepublic. Everyone is ignoring it.

[Brilliant]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071438/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080234/posts

[backhoe]

-John Kerry- some selected, informative links...--

[PGalt]

bump

[AnimalLover]

Want to know what the Chinese have to say?



China denies donation to US Senator Kerry
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-02-19 23:22

China Thursday rebutted reports that US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry received political contributions from Chinese military intelligence departments in 1996 as "sheer fabrications."

"Just as I have said many times, such reports are sheer fabrications, not worth refuting," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue during the ministry's regular briefing Thursday.

US media recently reported that Kerry was suspected of accepting political contributions from China in 1996. The Democratic front-runner then denied the reports.

Zhang also dismissed reports that US may continue to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan and raise the level of relations with the island.

That, said Zhang, would break the US promise of abiding by the one-China policy and the principles set by the three joint communiques.

While the Taiwan question remains at the core of Sino-US relations, Zhang said China hopes the US side will keep its promises without sending wrong signals to Taiwan.

When asked to comment the peace talk between India and Pakistan in Islamabad on February 16-18, Zhang said China is glad to see that the two nations have achieved positive results during their first round of talk.

The two sides have fixed the main agenda for an all-round talk as well as reached consensus to resolving disputes through peaceful ways, she said.

"China welcomes and supports the talk because it proves a solid step for further reconciliation of the bilateral ties,'' Zhang said.

China hopes the two sides to continue dialogue and make more efforts to help keep peace and development in the region, she said.

Commenting on Chinese companies' investment in Iran, the spokeswoman said China is willing to work with Iran in various areas, including energy.

The two governments have signed a framework agreement for energy co-operation, under which companies from the two can conduct business, she noted.

China holds that all countries should treat each other on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence and other international laws, but does not support using such appellation as "axis of evil" when addressing some countries, she said.

Just six days ahead the long-expected second round of six-way talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, Zhang said China hopes the talks will go smoothly and make substantial progress.

Meanwhile, she said solutions to some of the issues will depend on the concrete negotiations during the talks, which will be attended by China, the United States, Russia, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea in Beijing next week.


http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/19/content_307603.htm

[PGalt]

Thanks for the input. Bump.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I think Newsmax had a pic.

If they do, it came from Johnny himself.

I'm not sure how many here remember, but Johnny was the hero of that whole affair. He was the only one who talked. And he paid a dear price for it, too. The Clinton administration did everything they could to break him. What they didn't count on was that Johnny was honorable and more importantly --honest.