US Justice Department Now Involved in Norman Hsu Case
The WSJ, to their credit, is continuing to follow the Norman Hsu story and today informs that his legal problems may be far from over.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible campaign-finance violations by top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, according to people familiar with the probe. On Friday, Mr. Hsu surrendered to California officials on an unrelated grand-theft charge dating to the early 1990s.
Norman Hsu surrendered on Friday to California authorities on grand-theft charges.
Mr. Hsu, who, until earlier this week was one of the biggest fundraisers for Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton, was booked at the San Mateo County jail, where he was handcuffed and later released on $2 million bail. Wearing a black suit and white shirt, Mr. Hsu rushed to a waiting black Chevy Suburban outside the jail lobby Friday afternoon without answering any questions from reporters.
If this investigation takes the path stated in the article it appears the Paw family will be closely scrutinized by the Department of Justice.
While California state prosecutors were dealing with the business-fraud case, the Justice Department was ramping up a look at Mr. Hsu’s more recent political activities. People familiar with the new probe said Justice officials are investigating a pattern of donations by acquaintances of Mr. Hsu’s in California. The investigation began following a Wall Street Journal story this past week about donations by these people — mail carrier William Paw and the five other members of his family who list their Daly City address as 41 Shelbourne Ave., a small house near San Francisco airport.
Hopefully this story and the Justice Department inquiry will continue to receive the attention they deserve until either all additional contributions connected somehow to Mr. Hsu are deemed legal, or those who cooperated in illegal activites are found and brought to justice.
For more information and a graph explaining both direct contributions by Mr. Hsu or indirect monies with a connection to him, take a look here. (Scroll down for the graphs and list of recipients.)
If the press and bloggers can compile all this information in short order, what is it with the candidates vetting process which obstructs them from doing the same?
Update More on this topic at the LAT.
Written by Sue
