Big Democrat Donor Hsu Indicted
December 5th, 2007 at 01:42am Matt Margolis
This is bigger than the Abramoff scandal of 2006,
Norman Hsu, a purported clothing magnate who became a top Democratic donor, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of running a fraudulent investment scheme and using some of the proceeds to make political contributions.
The 15-count indictment formalized a case brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The government alleges that Mr. Hsu conducted “a massive scheme that defrauded investors across the United States” of tens of millions of dollars. He also was charged with violating federal campaign-finance laws by making contributions to various political candidates in the names of others.
Suitably Flip has done a fantastic job chronicling this big scandal, which plagues many Democrats who have received Hsu-connected cash.
Entry Filed under: Corruption, Democrats
4 Comments
1. The Political News You Ne&hellip | December 5th, 2007 at 2:18 am
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2. neocon | December 5th, 2007 at 9:40 am
The silence amongst our resident lefties on this thread is deafening.
I thought they stood for ethics.
3. Almiranta | December 5th, 2007 at 10:53 am
“This is bigger than the Abramoff scandal of 2006″………
Not unless it is reported. And as it does not include illegal campaign contributions to Republicans, I predict that it will receive little to no press coverage and no “outrage”.
One of the problems for the Agenda Media in reporting this is that pesky Chinese identity of Hsu—what if someone were to make the obvious connection between THIS Chinese person making illegal campaign contributions and all the OTHER Chinese people caught making illegal campaign contributions to the Dems, most particularly the Clintons, in the past?
Just too messy to run the risk.
But here is a question: Does anyone know of any Dem other than a Clinton being taken under the wing of Chinese fundraisers, to their immense financial benefit?
4. GOP4ME | December 6th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Tell me one paper, a single newpaper where this indictment is on the front page? LA Times? Page 26!
Abrahmoff? Plasterd all over the front pages…
Yeah, but keep moving along folks, no media conspiracy to see here…