Hillary Gives Hsu’s Donations to Charity
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going to give the contributions received from Norman Hsu to charity.
She didn’t have much choice after it was revealed in the Los Angeles Times he’s a fugitive.
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign announced late Wednesday that it will give all money donated by a leading contributor to charity after it was revealed that the donor, Norman Hsu, was a fugitive from the law.
Hsu, who may have raised more than $1 million for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said he had done nothing wrong and had asked no favors in return.
A California prosecutor says Hsu pleaded no contest to grand theft and was facing a sentence of up to three years in prison when he disappeared, The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
“In light of the new information regarding Mr. Hsu’s outstanding warrant in California, we will be giving his contributions to charity,” Phil Singer, from the Clinton Presidential Exploratory Committee, told FOX News.
This didn’t get a lot of attention from the newspapers or networks until it broke in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday and the LA Times did a story on Wednesday, but the bloggers kept the story alive and in this new medium it’s hard to keep anything quiet anymore.
Mrs. Clinton is right to donate the funds to charity and needs to be checking her donor lists for any other fraudulent activity just in case.
Update: It seems as though Mrs. Clinton, while she was a major benefactor of these funds, was not the only Democrat to receive campaign contributions from Mr. Hsu:
Written by ~J~Al Franken, a Senate candidate in Minnesota, Reps. Michael Honda and Doris Matsui of California and Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania said they would divest their campaigns of Hsu’s donations.
Hsu is a fundraiser for Clinton and is described as a devoted fan of the presidential candidate and New York senator. He had planned to co- host a money event for Clinton on Sept. 30. In a statement Wednesday, Hsu said he believed he had resolved his legal issues, but said he would halt his work raising political money.
Guss Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 11:59 amVisit Guss
This is getting laughable and it’s not going to work this time.
~J~ Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 12:14 pmVisit ~J~
Giving the money to charity is smart and all the candidates involved in this man’s scam should do it as well as any Republican candidates in a similar situation.
Guss Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 12:25 pmVisit Guss
I agree.
Guss Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 6:50 pmVisit Guss
I heard on the news today that Giuliani and Romney also took donations and is giving them back.
Sue Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 7:20 pmVisit Sue
Guss:
Can you tell me where you heard or found this. I have checked around since reading the comment and can find nothing right now.
I would like to read up on it so if you get a chance please let me know the source.
Sue Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 7:35 pmVisit Sue
One of the main reasons I ask Guss is that there is a complete listing of donations via the FEC here, and no where are they any donations to either of those candidates from Norman Hsu that I can find.
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=NEW+YORK&st=NY&last=hsu&first=norman
I am not saying it isn’t true, just looking for more information if I can find it.
Guss Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 8:28 pmVisit Guss
It was on NBC news at 6:00 PM
Guss Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 8:39 pmVisit Guss
I think I made a terrible mistake. I have been searching everywhere and can’t find it either. Maybe it was a little wishful thinking on my part. I apologize.
Sue Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pmVisit Sue
No problem Guss. I have done that myself, just thought I heard or read something which turns out to be different later. News overload I think we will name it.
I am glad you told me though because I was going a little bonkers here trying to find something so I could update the article on the site.
Have a good night and thanks for the info.