Posted on 08/29/2007 2:59:12 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Democrats began distancing themselves Wednesday from a fundraiser who is wanted in California for failing to appear for sentencing on a 1991 grand theft charge.
Al Franken, a Senate candidate in Minnesota, Rep. Michael Honda of California and Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania said they would divest their campaigns of donations from Norman Hsu, whose legal encounters and links to other Democratic donors have drawn public scrutiny in the past two days.
Hsu is a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and is described as a devoted fan of the presidential candidate and New York senator. He planned to co-host a money event for Clinton on Sept. 30.
Reports in The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times this week have caused numerous Democratic candidates and organization who have benefited from Hsu's contributions to reconsider the donations.
Franken's campaign received $2,300 from Hsu and Sestak and Honda each received $1,000 for their re-election efforts.
The Clinton campaign did not immediately comment on Hsu's legal situation. But in a statement issued Tuesday, the campaign defended Hsu in response to the Journal report about a San Francisco family whose contribution patterns tracked Hsu's.
"Norman Hsu is a longtime and generous supporter of the Democratic Party and its candidates, including Senator Clinton," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement Tuesday. "During Mr. Hsu's many years of active participation in the political process, there has been no question about his integrity or his commitment to playing by the rules, and we have absolutely no reason to call his contributions into question or to return them."
Federal Election Commission records show that Hsu has donated $260,000 to Democratic Party groups and federal candidates since 2004. . . .
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Looking forward to this story being widely covered in the MSM.
Not.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA! This is gettin’ funnier and funnier! Al Franken?
I didn’t think this was going to go anywhere, but when Dems start giving back money, you know it’s looking pretty serious.
I’ll watch this with great interest.
WHERE ARE THE RATS RESIGNATIONS...dang it!! :)
Who Hsu?
I Hsu you!
You: Ah Hsu...
Me: Bless Hsu.
We Hsu happy!
All kidding aside, politics is dirty business and nobody gets as down and dirty as the democrats.
The Dems have one of their top lawyers representing Hsu, so you know they’re getting the inside skinny on how fast to jump ship.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The dirty Dems are at it again!!
Shades of Huang?
What is it with the Clintons and these illegal donations from Asians? And by Asians, I include Pakistanis since there seems to be another illegal donation scandal that is getting ignored http://www.corruptionchronicles.com/2007/03/clinton_pakistani_donor_vanish.html
Calling all Socialist and like minded America haters ...
Get your request in fast ... the 'masters' have a lot of cash for you.
Not much required to get it ... they need to get rid of it ... fast!
Hurry ! Be the first on your block.
It was just on Special Report.
Don’t worry folks, I am absolutely sure.....well....pretty sure....well....I would bet, with your money of course....Hillary will return the money.
This whole scandal gas just been on Fox News. MSM will will probably put it off as long as they can to give hillary and her comrades time to come up with a defense.
Is Hsu possibly connected to the Communist Chinese Government (as a possible spy) or is he just a fugitive at large with ties to Hillary Clinton?
Notice the nuance of language here. Hillary is only one among many is what they want you to believe, even though it is blatantly obvious that Hsu is one of her primary money men.
I bet he's a Red Chinese agent too, and that PRC is the primary source of both his and her funds! There's a real scandal here, and I wish that someone would really pick it up and start making some serious hay out of it.
divest?
what the heck does that mean?
They will donate it to each other to launder it?
Hillary does not return money ever.
For Democrats there never are.
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