Posted on 05/19/2005 11:26:04 PM PDT by neverdem
LOS ANGELES, May 19 - For all the flamboyant figures swirling around the criminal trial of Hillary Rodham Clinton's former chief fund-raiser, the most damaging testimony against him may well have come from a tiny woman in Mary Janes who had the manner of a high school accounting teacher.
Her name is Whitney W. Burns, and she took the stand for the prosecution on Thursday in its case against David F. Rosen, who was the national finance director for Mrs. Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. Mr. Rosen is charged with three counts of causing false filings to be made to the Federal Election Commission; Ms. Burns is the compliance officer who prepared the filings.
The filings in question involved the finances of a fund-raising event called the Hollywood Gala Salute to President William Jefferson Clinton. Mr. Rosen is accused of reporting only $400,000 in costs for that event when, according to prosecutors, the actual total exceeded $1.1 million. He has denied the charges, and has said that he was misled about the cost of the gala.
The prosecution has said that Mr. Rosen had hoped that underreporting the fund-raiser's cost would help Mrs. Clinton's campaign or his own career. As Ms. Burns walked jurors through various budgets for the event, she said that shortly before the Aug. 12, 2000, gala, Mr. Rosen told her that the expenses had dropped by about $100,000.
Mr. Rosen, she said, had an explanation - an explanation that was untrue, according to other evidence presented to the jury.
When pressed by prosecutors about the reason for the falling expenses, Ms. Burns said that Mr. Rosen "mentioned that Cher had dropped out and there wouldn't be any expenses for her band."
But Cher did perform at the gala - the jurors have seen a DVD of her...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
If ever there was a venue for her to burst into a full-throated rendition of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves...
ROFLOL!
"The defense also brought out that Mr. Reggie had been charged with impersonating a police officer in Louisiana, using a blue light, given to him by a local sheriff, on his car. Saying that the charges had been dismissed, Mr. Reggie insisted that his actions had been proper because he had an honorary commission as a police officer. "
man this never ends
Blurblogger and doug from upland,
I thought I should add you to the front of my NY ping list for this sort of Clinton crapola. It almost rhymes with Tony Campolo, the Peyronie Prez's personal preacher.
That way it's easy to delete your names for strictly NY stuff.
Please, FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.
I thought Cher died about 20 yrs. ago. Oh, sorry. Guess she did & is now embalmed.
Now THAT, my FRiend, was good!
OUCH! Hahaahaa, good one :)
Any thoughts about the thousand bucks worth of rose petals on the original(real)budget???
No wonder Sonny split!
'working hard for the money they stole' :)
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