Posted on 10/05/2004 1:16:49 PM PDT by sarasotarepublican
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-run Justice Department is setting its sights on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign in pursuit of possible fund-raising violations. In targeting a rising star in the Democratic Party, prosecutors are trying to gain the cooperation of an indicted businessman who raised the allegations, interviews and documents indicate.
The FBI has told a U.S. magistrate in Los Angeles it has evidence the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on elections, and prosecutors allege one of her fund-raisers helped because he wanted a pardon from her husband.
Noel Hillman, the Justice Department's top public corruption attorney and a career official, has met three times -- most recently in May -- with lawyers for Peter Paul to discuss a plea deal. Justice wants to interview Paul to see whether he can substantiate his allegations that Clinton's campaign engaged in wrongdoing, the defense lawyers said.
Paul is a three-time convicted felon who hosted a Hollywood fund-raising event for Mrs. Clinton in 2000 and is currently facing stock fraud charges in New York. He alleges he underwrote most of the costs for the event. Prosecutors contend he did so in an effort to try to win a pardon from President Clinton.
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Ive been saying all along that she has too many unresolved legal issues for a run at the white house right now.
Nope, no media bias here, move along.
This has been going on for awhile, media just won't report it
And here I thought she was home making chicken soup for Bill.
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This has been around a while, the allegations, that is. I am surprised he didn't commit suicide yet by breaking his own brake lines, or laying his head on RR tracks while wrist bound.
What do you mean media bias? Don't you remember that everytime the Clinton Justice team or their lap dogs in the IRS went after somebody AP, Rueters, et. al used the same descriptors!!!!!!!!!!
-Hillary Clinton- archives, comments, and opposition research --
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Right off the bat, AP lets us know this is going to be an editorial hit-piece on Ashcroft, thinnly disguised as a "news wire" article.
They no longer even try to hide their bias.
Hehe. The Old Media has a rule:
The corollary:
This is Hillarous. I bet they go after her like they did old "Whistledick". /sarc.
It is a compilation of old news, BUT:
If AP is now reporting it and doing so by characterizing it as a Republican witch hunt, then it could just be that the excrement is about to hit the fan blades. This has been a long time coming and the administration has held off because of the political implications.
Could the internals be showing that W will win and is the administration pre-empting any campaigning for Kerry by the Clintons?
I don't know, but I sure hope so!!
Yes. Rush has taken to calling AP, the NY Times, and CBS "nothing more than transcription services for the DNC."
Good questions. This HAS been a long time coming.
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