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Democratic Fundraiser Norman Hsu Sentenced to 3 Years in Calif. Fraud Case
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Posted on 01/04/2008 12:40:04 PM PST by frogjerk

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A judge on Friday sentenced disgraced political donor Norman Hsu to three years in state prison after rejecting the one-time Democratic rainmaker's bid to throw out a 16-year-old fraud conviction.

Hsu's lawyers had asked Superior Court Judge Stephen Hall to dismiss his 1992 no contest plea, arguing his right to a speedy trial was violated because authorities weren't actively pursuing him during his years as a fugitive. They could easily have arrested Hsu, his lawyers argued, at one of the fundraisers he hosted in California for prominent local politicians.

Hsu also faces federal fraud charges in New York.

His troubles began dogging Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and other big-name Democrats last summer when news reports revealed he was a fugitive who fled the state before he was sentenced for the 1992 fraud conviction. He turned himself in on Aug. 31 -- then fled again.

He was recaptured in September in Colorado after he tried to kill himself by overdosing on drugs aboard an eastbound Amtrak train. Hsu has since been held without bail in a Redwood City jail.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; communismkills; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democrats; democratscandals; fundraisingscandals; hillary; hillaryrodham; hsu; piaps; rodhamclinton; shadowparty
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1 posted on 01/04/2008 12:40:05 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk; pandoraou812

bttt


2 posted on 01/04/2008 12:42:38 PM PST by TigersEye (In my heart is a wellspring of sorrow. My joy is in seeing the emptiness of it.)
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To: frogjerk; doug from upland

Sweet, Hillary is next. - TAB


3 posted on 01/04/2008 12:44:17 PM PST by flattorney (See my comprehensive FR Profile "Straight Talk" Page)
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To: Admin Moderator

breaking news?


4 posted on 01/04/2008 12:44:19 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk
Hsu, a goner.....just like Jim McDougall (sp?)....Ron Brown...Vince Foster....and 141+/- other victims
5 posted on 01/04/2008 12:45:26 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, FRed, Run. :^)
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To: frogjerk

Hillary has just received two blows in two days.
Bill might start getting jealous soon...


6 posted on 01/04/2008 12:45:52 PM PST by counterpunch (ABH - Anybody But Huckabee)
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To: flattorney

Status conference set for Jan. 15 in Paul v Clinton.


7 posted on 01/04/2008 12:46:30 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: frogjerk

I’ll bet if he’d known he was only gonna get 3 years he wouldn’t have attempted suicide!!


8 posted on 01/04/2008 12:56:22 PM PST by Dscott_FR (Right Wing Extremist and proud of it!!)
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To: frogjerk

That ought to keep him quiet until after the election.


9 posted on 01/04/2008 12:56:37 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: frogjerk

Three years? That’s it? Depending on whether he gets any time in the New York case, he could be out in time to help Hillary raise money for her next White House run.


10 posted on 01/04/2008 12:58:42 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: TigersEye

He is just where he belongs.


11 posted on 01/04/2008 1:02:07 PM PST by pandoraou812 ( Its NOT for the good of the children! Its BS along with bending over for Muslim's demands)
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To: flattorney

No chance.

The Clintoon cronies always take the fall — the Toons always skate.


12 posted on 01/04/2008 1:09:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Will this even show up in the evening news????


13 posted on 01/04/2008 2:06:09 PM PST by mfish13
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To: Dscott_FR

It isn’t the jail that he was afraid of...


14 posted on 01/04/2008 2:12:29 PM PST by weegee (End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy in 2008.)
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To: flattorney

Won’t see this on MSM


15 posted on 01/04/2008 2:19:55 PM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW , Vote Hunter in the Primary)
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To: frogjerk

Are their any actuaries out there that could compile the stats to this question?

What is the actually number of people that you have worked for or with that have gone to prison or died in a violent manner (non military)

I dont know about you but I know of no one that I have ever worked for or with that have gone to prison. But the Clintons have had MANY of their collegues go to jail. That would be an interesting stat.


16 posted on 01/04/2008 2:37:48 PM PST by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: frogjerk

Why isn’t he hanging from the gallows?


17 posted on 01/04/2008 2:45:49 PM PST by wastedyears (Tell me why I had to be a powerslave... Iron Maiden March 14th, 2008)
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To: frogjerk

He’ll be out in time to help fund Hillary’s re-election campaign!


18 posted on 01/04/2008 2:47:44 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: frogjerk
His troubles began dogging Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ????? and other big-name Democrats

Musta been THIS dog!!!

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19 posted on 01/04/2008 2:49:31 PM PST by digger48
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To: flattorney

hopefully so.


20 posted on 01/04/2008 2:52:15 PM PST by nicmarlo
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