An article in Thursday's edition of the New York Times revealed yet another suspicious fundraising blunder tied to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Norman Hsu, a prominent democratic fund-raiser is currently being charged on counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and violating the Federal Election Campaign Act.
As it turns out this dude has been a fugitive from the law for 15 years now. He is accused of using a Ponzi scheme business tactic urging investors to contribute to certain political candidates and organizations. Clinton's fundraising numbers are pretty impressive but it seems the Clinton name can't stay out of scandals when it comes to their fundraising habits. At some point you have to begin to check out these people before taking money from them.
Meanwhile, John Edwards and Barack Obama are probably loving all of the unwanted attention Hillary is getting every week from these scandals. It's only a matter of time before these types of scandals are pieced together into mud-slinging ad pieces just in time for the primary elections.
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I think this indictative of many things that can go wrong when it comes to using questionable people for raising money for your campaign... I would only suggest using people whom are reliable and can pass a back ground check....
Oh my god, it seems nothing can get done nowadays without a background check being run. Do people just not trust anybody any more. And if he had eluded police for 15 years do you really think this shit would have turned up in a generic background check? 15 years, either the "crime" he committed is equivalent to a parking ticket, or his "crime" is being associated with a Clinton. Or worse yet, our justice system is clearly more broken than ever, this guy is a major figure in campaign circles it's not like he's in hiding in a third-world country under a false identity, come on. All of this makes me think it's purely political sabotage against Hillary Clinton.
Valena, it does seem to make sense. Hsu is obviously a genius master mime and a generic background check most likely wouldn't have surfaced much. But... with that much money contributed it might be a good idea to do some research.
I do agree that Edwards and Obama are eagerly awaiting the time to throw it in Clinton's face. She will be prepared for it I'm sure!
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