Posted on 10/05/2004 10:46:52 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The Justice Department is trying to secure the cooperation of an indicted businessman as it pursues Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign for possible fundraising violations, according to interviews and documents.
The FBI told a U.S. magistrate in Los Angeles two years ago that it has evidence Clinton's campaign deliberately understated its fundraising costs so it would have more money to spend on elections. Prosecutors contend that businessman Peter Paul made donations because he wanted a pardon from President Bill Clinton.
Paul has denied he raised money for Mrs. Clinton to boost his chance for a pardon, and he asserted that campaign officials told him the contributions would be disclosed as required by law, his defense team said. He did not receive a pardon.
Noel L. Hillman, the Justice Department's top public corruption attorney, has met three times -- most recently in May -- with lawyers for Paul to discuss a plea deal. The investigation has continued for more than three years. The department wants to interview Paul to determine whether he can substantiate allegations of wrongdoing, his defense lawyers said.
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James Carvel and the Clinton team may have struck a deal with Kerry to get him elected, on one condition- that he only serve one term and then step aside and let Hillary run in '08.
Give him immunity if he'll drag that dangerous witch down.
Funny how the Clintons have been silent for a while....
I'd put this with the "dead" list. They can try - but I believe they will get no answers.
Some people are being protected by both sides and Hill is one of them -
I'll be really surprised if anything comes of this - but if something does - that would mean this nation might have a chance afterall -
just my thoughts
He alleges he underwrote most of the costs for the event.
Prosecutors contend he did so to try to win a pardon from President Clinton.(no kidding)
Lawyers for Hillary Clinton and the former chief fund-raiser for New York Senate 2000, David Rosen, say their clients have done nothing wrong.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show an FBI agent told the Los Angeles magistrate two years ago that the government believes Mrs. Clinton's campaign understated its costs for the Paul fund-raiser.
"The event's costs exceeded $1 million, but the required forms filed by New York Senate 2000 ... months after the event incorrectly disclosed that the cost of the event was only $523,000," said the 2002 FBI affidavit, which was unsealed in the summer. "It appears that the true cost of the event was deliberately understated in order to increase the amount of funds available to New York Senate 2000 for federal campaign activities."
The document also said a $366,000 donation to the gala was incorrectly listed as coming from the company Paul co-founded, Stan Lee Media, when it really came from Paul personally.
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Rosen, the campaign's finance director, is a subject of the criminal investigation, said legal sources who could not be quoted by name because it is a grand jury matter. A subject is a person with relevant information, who later could face potential charges
"From my review of all the facts, I am convinced that Mr. Rosen has done nothing improper. To the contrary, he has done everything right," said Paul Mark Sandler, Rosen's attorney.
Paul alleged to the FBI that hundreds of thousands of dollars contributed to Clinton's campaign went unreported, much of the money payments for the private Hollywood fund-raising event he hosted on Aug. 12, 2000, FBI documents show.
An FBI document written in 2001, based on an interview with Paul that year, said Rosen worked in Paul's office for one month putting together the Hollywood party. According to Paul, Rosen watched him write checks totaling about $1.5 million to pay for the gala.
"Paul stated that none of the campaign reports list the names of the companies used by him to pay for the party," an FBI document said.
Another 2001 FBI document based on an interview with Paul said, "Paul advised that David Rosen sat in on every planning meeting (for) this event and met every supplier."
The indictment against Paul does not mention campaign contributions, but a prosecution memo by Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Youssef last July does make a link. Youssef, a prosecutor in New York, describes in the memo some evidence the government may produce at a trial.
She said that in August 2000, Paul borrowed approximately $225,000 from business partner Stan Lee, telling Lee he needed the money for a party for Bill and Hillary Clinton.
In the summer of 2000, the memo said, Paul sought to bribe Bill Clinton in an attempt to win a pardon for his three felony convictions. Part of the alleged bribe was Paul's financing the bulk of fund-raising events for Mrs. Clinton's campaign, Youssef wrote.
Throw the Book at her
Here's your October suprise ya frikkin nazi tramp.
Making the Clinton's appear to be victims of "right wing" Ashcroft is always a sure-fire way to give the Dems an extra 5 points at the polls on election day.
It's a neat trick that the Left gets to keep repeating, with the Right taking the fall for the prank every time.
And yes, that picture is the one of Hill kissing Suha Arafat ( "wife" of The Littlest Terrorist ) after Suha had accused the Israelis of poisoning children...
Besides fundraising they should also investigate this bonafide sociopaths involvement in getting 17 members of the FALN terror organization pardoned by her sexual predator husband all so she could buy a few votes. They bombed NYC and Chicago 130 times (hey, it was only 130 times)in the late `70`s to early `80`s, and some were sentenced to 80+ years, and all of a sudden they are pardoned with no good reason? Even Janet Reno was against this pardon but Clinton still went ahead and did it. Why? So his wife could play Senator. She put the lives of the citizens of New york in danger all for her selfish purposes, and that b*tch didn`t even live there at the time. Then lets not even go into the one Jewish community that voted 95% for Hillary and was later found that Clinton beforehand reduced the prison sentences of three men from that community.
This is good news, especially if this turns out to be her October surprise LOL!
See I thought the Clinton camp,Carville,Lockart etal didn't want him to win to 'insure' Hilliary winning in '08?
And the crimes continue..........but the diva of the pantsuit is always protected.
"And the crimes continue..........but the diva of the pantsuit is always protected"
This says nothing about the pardons Willie gave the in that NYC jewish community that then went on to vote for Hillary by 98%. Clear undisputable, voter fraud. Pardons for vote. Then she came back with her favorite line. You'll have to ask the "President" about that. Barbara Olson, in her book, showed numerous times when the lying bastard did somehting she had to distance herself from, the beast called him "the President"....but when she wanted to ride a coat tail, he magically transformed back into "her husband".
Willie, if you're out there and reading this...(because you're certainly not out stumping for Lurch huh? :) start looking over your shoulder if hildebeast ever needs a poll boost...because the beast thrives on the sympathy vote, and in shrillery's mind you may be expendable.
So this isn't dead. Good.
I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Hitlery had illegal campaign contributions. Actually, the shocking thing is it's being looked into.
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