Why do you think he's in Brazil? He knows the Clinton's will and probably already have put a price on his head. Mr. Paul was the one to come forward to expose the Clinton's. Do you really think the DOJ/FBI actually found this out on their own? The way I heard this was that when Mr. Paul gave Clinton the 2 mil Clinton was supposed to pardon him for things he had on his record, but Slick Willie decided to just keep the 2 mil and not give the pardon, then Paul went to the justice dept. and turned himself in. What I recall reading on this is as follows (there were some threads on this a few months ago, but I can't swear I remember this right):
Paul is a swindler who was indicted by the Ashcroft Dep't of Justice for securities fraud. He skipped to Brazil before they could arrest him. He then hired Larry Klayman as his defense lawyer. Klayman claimed that Paul had evidence that he (Paul) had made illegal campaign contributions to Hillary, and said that he (Klayman) would give those records to Ashcroft if Ashcroft gave Paul immunity from prosecution for his stock frauds. Ashcroft said no deal, and Paul was arrested in Brazil, pending extradition to the US.
It now seems that Ashcroft found where Klayman had these records stashed, and seized them.
This means either that the DOJ suspects that Klayman's evidence is real, and wants to use it against Hillary without having to give immunity to Paul, or that they suspect the evidence is bogus, and want to use it to pile on some more charges against Paul.
If I have the background wrong, someone will, I'm sure, correct me.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/ pr2001/119.html
August 3, 2001
CO-FOUNDER OF STAN LEE MEDIA ARRESTED TODAY IN BRAZIL; COMPLAINT CHARGES HIM WITH BANK FRAUD, MAIL FRAUD
Peter F. Paul, a co-founder of Stan Lee Media, Inc., was arrested today in the Sao Paolo, Brazil airport and is being detained by Brazilian authorities pending extradition proceedings to the United States. Paul was arrested pursuant to charges brought by federal authorities in Los Angeles and New York.
A federal criminal complaint filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles was unsealed on July 26. The complaint charges Paul and Stephen M. Gordon, a former senior executive of Stan Lee Media, each with one count of bank fraud and one count of mail fraud. Paul, 52, is a resident of Calabasas who has been sought by federal authorities since he was charged in New York in June 2001 with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Gordon, 50, of Sherman Oaks, California was also charged in New York with the same offenses.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/ news/state/20011212-0224-ca-clintons-lawsuit.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 12, 2001
LOS ANGELES – A campaign donor who sued former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton for not abiding to an alleged agreement lost the first round of a legal dispute.
Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz dismissed the civil lawsuit Tuesday because Peter Paul has been indicted in a criminal case. The suit was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it can be refiled.
I'm not sure what the current status of PP is.