Posted on 09/12/2007 4:20:55 AM PDT by libstripper
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's campaign couldn't explain yesterday why it blew off warnings about felon-turned-fund-raiser Norman Hsu - and the Daily News learned FBI agents are collecting e-mail evidence in the widening scandal.
Clinton was forced Monday to give back a whopping $850,000 raised by convicted scam artist Hsu after learning his investment ventures were being probed by the FBI as a potential Ponzi scheme.
She earlier gave to charity $23,000 Hsu donated himself after reports revealed he fled sentencing for a $1 million scam in California in 1992.
Yesterday, the campaign insisted it did all it should to vet Hsu after California businessman Jack Cassidy warned in June that Hsu's investment operation was fishy. Cassidy e-mailed his tips to the California Democratic Party, which forwarded them to the Clinton campaign.
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Obama - if you are out there - this is your chance. Make a big deal out of this - remind your loyal democrats about how this is picking up right where the first Clinton Administration left off - come on Obama, pick it up!
They most certainly CAN explain themselves. They have a threefold argument:
1. We are the Clintons.
2. We are Democrats.
3. Bush is a liar.
Such logic holds great sway in the press.
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