Posted on 08/29/2007 12:41:19 AM PDT by STARWISE
California authorities have sought businessman Norman Hsu for 15 years. Since 2004, he has carved out a place of honor raising cash for such candidates as Hillary Rodham Clinton.
For the last 15 years, California authorities have been trying to figure out what happened to a businessman named Norman Hsu, who pleaded no contest to grand theft, agreed to serve up to three years in prison and then seemed to vanish.
"He is a fugitive," Ronald Smetana, who handled the case for the state attorney general, said in an interview. "Do you know where he is?"
Hsu, it seems, has been hiding in plain sight, at least for the last three years.
Since 2004, one Norman Hsu has been carving out a prominent place of honor among Democratic fundraisers. He has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions into party coffers, much of it earmarked for presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
In addition to making his own contributions, Hsu has honed the practice of assembling packets of checks from contributors who bear little resemblance to the usual Democratic deep pockets.
A self-described apparel executive with a variety of business interests, Hsu has focused on delivering hefty contributions from citizens who live modest lives and are neophytes in the world of campaign giving.
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Barcella said his client did not remember pleading to a criminal charge and facing the prospect of jail time.
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(Hsu) is credited with donating nearly $500,000 to national and local party candidates and their political committees in the last three years.
He earned a place in the Clinton campaign's "HillRaiser" group by pledging to raise more than $100,000 for her presidential bid.
Records show that Hsu helped raise an additional $500,000 from other sources for Clinton and other Democrats.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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Absolutely breathtaking isn’t it?
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
Senator Clinton, do you want to consider returning those contributions?
And Democrats, are you feeling confident that all of those scandals revolving around shady campaign contributions are completely behind the Clintons? No sequels? No reruns?
08/29 09:37 AM
Many people forget that they were sentenced to three years and simply go about their business.
If you’re digging deep (as I have been), have you had any luck tracking his companies?
They all seem to be shells for the purposes of political contributions, as none of them has any web presence that I can detect.
LOL .. I think you know what I meant. As stories with legs go, how long do you think these are?
Aah .. growing the socialists of tomorrow today.
When they put their machine in motion, they’re deadly.
Not only CA, they could and probably do have these operations
in every single state. They’re a political mafia.
Annoint a wealthy, connected guy as the lead, entice/intimidate him to become their lieutenant, and he’s now knighted and duplicating the enticements/intimidations down the line to his network for the promise of tangible “appreciation” and vaults of money. It’s multi-level marketing.
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Shrillery’s campaign contributions by sector
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.asp?id=N00000019&cycle=2008
I did some digging last night and had very little luck. Will do some more today when I have time.
If any of you want to call Chuck and ask why he isn't writing about the Paul v Clinton case and Hillary being under oath soon --- 202.824.8391
Good! Are you going to go to the hearing?
Good! Are you going to go to the hearing?
I will be at the hearing in the morning and speaking at the California Republican Assembly meeting in Temecula that night.
Well, this is the LAT. They must be gnashing their teeth even going this far undermining a 'rat. They will use this to claim "impartiality" and then return to Republican bashing.
The Attorney General is too busy suing the counties for not being "green" enough to look for criminals that benefit his party.
And I’ll just bet The New School blends in The Frankfurt School’s ideology, too.
Saved the link in your tagline... can’t wait for my husband to see it. He is still livid about Honeywell manufacturing jet engines over there to carry bombs to reach the US. His old job at Honeywell was eliminated in 2005 as part of the move to take the plant to Mexicali, Mexico.
How many people are there named Murtha??
Come on people!!! Don't you know there's a Republican homo politician trolling bathrooms in the midwest?!! Plus, Alex Gonzales and Rove stepped down due to "scandal!"
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