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Shadowy Money Trail of a Fugitive Fund-Raiser (Hsu)
NY Times ^ | 9/9/-7 | MIKE McINTIRE

Posted on 09/08/2007 8:30:20 PM PDT by LdSentinal

At the center of the ever-deepening mystery of Norman Hsu, the fugitive fund-raiser who was captured after a brief flight from the law last week, is the question of how he evolved from a bankrupt swindler in 1992 to a wealthy donor to many Democratic candidates, and a bundler of campaign contributions to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2007.

Candidate Topic PagesMore Politics NewsA review of financial records for one of Mr. Hsu’s companies begins to shed light on some of his recent activities, including his dealings with a circle of campaign contributors that has fallen under suspicion since news of Mr. Hsu’s criminal past, murky business interests and unexplained riches rocked the Democratic Party.

The records show that Components Ltd., a company controlled by Mr. Hsu that has no obvious business purpose and appears to exist only on paper, has paid a total of more than $100,000 to at least nine people who made campaign contributions to Mrs. Clinton and others through Mr. Hsu. The payments occurred in the spring of 2003, several months before Mr. Hsu emerged as a contributor to Democrats and more than a year before he started bundling checks from those same people for various campaigns. In all, he has raised more than $1 million for Democrats.

The records make clear that the group was more than just a loose collection of friends, family and co-workers that bundlers typically rely on when raising money for a candidate. Rather, each person had a direct financial relationship with Mr. Hsu, either receiving money from his company or paying into it, even though many of them appear to have other jobs or businesses independent of him. The purpose of the payments, and whether they related to business costs, fees or expenses, is unclear.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; hsu; scandal
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1 posted on 09/08/2007 8:30:22 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

I’m starting to thing this Hsu is a spy for the chinese government.


2 posted on 09/08/2007 8:40:25 PM PDT by Teflonic
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To: Teflonic

Ya Think?!!!


3 posted on 09/08/2007 8:46:22 PM PDT by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: Teflonic

Great Post!!!

Slowly but surely the Clinton Connection to illicit money sources is starting to become known.

It’ll take more time but I think it’s coming.


4 posted on 09/08/2007 9:04:56 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: LdSentinal
Donor, After Missing California Court Date, Is Found Ill on Train in Colorado
Norman Hsu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893357/posts.
Posted on 09/08/2007 8:40:29 PM PDT
5 posted on 09/08/2007 9:16:17 PM PDT by Buddy B (MSgt Retired-USAF)
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To: Mrs Zip

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6 posted on 09/08/2007 9:33:46 PM PDT by zip (((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
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To: LdSentinal; All
Apologies if this has already been posted. I saw it at Hot Air. Hsu and the Shrimp Boy; Update: Hsu’s business records show huge money transfers to other Clinton donors, says NYT
7 posted on 09/08/2007 9:46:12 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: crazyshrink

Did you see that Bill is going to Ireland to raise money for Hill’s campaign?


8 posted on 09/08/2007 9:53:52 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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he started bundling checks from those same people for various campaigns. In all, he has raised more than $1 million for Democrats.

The Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) gave back the bundle dust but where's the bundles?

9 posted on 09/08/2007 10:09:27 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: LdSentinal

Hillary is a communist, of course the Chinese communist government has a very strong interest in seeing her win the Presidency. She also has endorsements from Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Osama bin-Laden. I expect Robert Mugabe to weigh in any time now.


10 posted on 09/08/2007 10:10:08 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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efforts to learn more about the nature of his business and the source of his wealth have led mostly to dead ends. . . Efforts to reach those named in the financial records proved unsuccessful. On two occasions, family members of those called said that their relatives did not want to talk; messages for others were not returned; and contact information for two more could not be found.

"Well golly gee," said stumped NY Times employees. "We'll never know but we tried. It's all a body can ask. We're professionals and we tried."

11 posted on 09/08/2007 10:19:06 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: LdSentinal
Lets see what we have here.

Hsu a former Chinese citizen immagrent to the US marries a US citizen.

Hsu perpetrates fraud in California and files for bankruptcy

. Hsu is tried and convicted of fraud and subsequently flees back to China to avoid being imprisoned.

Hsu sets up another questionable business in Hong Kong and again files for bankruptcy.

Hsu returns to the US and sets up shadow corporations and finds proxy donors to funnel money to Democratic politicians across the US.

The only question left for the questioning mind to ponder is; Where does the money come from?

Hint: this country invented the fortune cookie and is famous for their Cultural Revolution.

12 posted on 09/08/2007 11:05:20 PM PDT by Pontiac (Patriotism is the natural consequence of having a free mind in a free society.)
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13 posted on 09/09/2007 12:49:27 AM PDT by devolve
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At least they ran a desultory piece about it. Journalists still love a scoop, even if editors and editorial boards don’t.

WSJ and LAT are the main points on this thing. It’s up to the blogosphere to keep them on it.

What would be really cool is exposing efforts to spike this story.


14 posted on 09/09/2007 12:59:22 AM PDT by IslandJeff (Matthew 28: 19-20)
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To: Pontiac

Where does the money come from? All of us Freepers are missing the source of their money. We all know of clinton’s ties to the world drug kingpins. A recent picture posted on Free Republic showing a large room stacked full of 100 dollar bills. It is their mint for unlimited billions of dollars at their disposal. His ties to the Dixie Mafia and corruption from the years of power in Arkansas and his backing of worldwide drug cartels is still going on. His defence of the KLA in Kosovo opened up the drug trade for all of Europe and Asia. His pardons of the FALN TERRORISTS helped with South American drug dealers in Columbia and other nations down there. If only the real truth was exposed. Look to drugs for their money.


15 posted on 09/09/2007 3:45:31 AM PDT by Stretch
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To: Stretch
Look to drugs for their money.

Now if the charter planes Hsu uses are based in Mena, the circle will be almost complete.

Did he ever meet Charlie and Johnny?

16 posted on 09/09/2007 4:01:03 AM PDT by leadhead (Democracy can withstand anything but democrats)
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To: crazyshrink

“Slowly but surely the Clinton Connection to illicit money sources is starting to become known.

What are you saying? hHer Thighness taking illegal campaign money???? Stop it with this crazy talk!


17 posted on 09/09/2007 7:00:34 AM PDT by Holicheese (1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
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To: LdSentinal

I predict this Hsu event will be the campaign story of the year. Despite the MSM inattention, this story will become the 500 pound gorilla in the corner at every political forum. The parallel to the 1990s fiasco are far to obvious. The onion skin has only been peeled slightly and it already BEGS attention. After all, this is not just funny money its most likely foreign money attempting to influence most of our Democratic candidates and our potential security. In a post 911 environment that just wont hold water.


18 posted on 09/09/2007 7:22:48 AM PDT by Don@VB
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To: Stretch

Is it possible Hsu is connected to the Chinese Triads?


19 posted on 09/09/2007 7:28:43 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: devolve; potlatch; Grampa Dave; gonzo; ntnychik; dixiechick2000; holdonnow; stevemalzberg1; ...

The World of Suzi Wrong

20 posted on 09/09/2007 8:13:11 AM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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