Posted on 05/20/2005 3:23:56 PM PDT by yoe
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's brother-in-law testified Thursday that he wore a concealed device to record a conversation with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former finance director, David Rosen, in advance of Rosen's indictment on campaign finance charges.
Rosen is on trial in Los Angeles on charges of underreporting several hundred thousand dollars in costs for a lavish Hollywood fundraiser in 2000.
At the outset of his testimony, Raymond Reggie, a member of a politically prominent Louisiana family, acknowledged having pleaded guilty last month to federal check kiting and conspiracy charges.
Reggie, whose sister is married to Kennedy, said he hoped to win a lighter prison sentence by cooperating in the Rosen investigation.
[snip]Reggie was the second Bill Clinton associate to testify in the trial after having pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Last week, the prosecution called James Levin, a Chicago businessman and Democratic Party fundraiser, who agreed to plead guilty to charges of bribery, conspiracy and fraud.
[snip]Also testifying Thursday was Whitney Burns, an independent Washington-based consultant who handles financial reporting duties for various political campaigns. One of her clients in 2000 was the Hillary Clinton Senate campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
as much as the Left wants to bury this completely, there is just too much public awareness, as in "the story's growing legs."
However, WHERE they print the info in the print edition makes a huge difference--and I'll bet it's not front page above-the-fold. Cowards and shills, not reporters is what we have these days. (Mostly)
From the NYT. More at their site.
Excerpt.
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.
With folks actually facing years in prison it's amazing
what that will do to make them talkative.
Funny you should use that phrase, in an article about Hillary.
Any story about Hillary would reference six cankles. Deadly spiders have six legs....
Deadly spiders have EIGHT legs. Six legs, and they'd be insects not arachnids ;-).
Oops, she's an aROACHnid...you're right about the eight cankles....
later read
I did reach the reporter covering this for the Wash Post.
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