BRISTOW, Va. -- When Hillary Rodham Clinton held an intimate fund-raising event at her Washington home in late March, Pamela Layton donated $4,600, the maximum allowed by law, to Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. But the 37-year-old Ms. Layton says she and her husband were reimbursed by her husband's boss for the donations. "It wasn't personal money. It was all corporate money," Mrs. Layton said outside her home here. "I don't even like Hillary. I'm a Republican."Read it all. It gives a good summary of the practice known as "bundling". The second article is from this morning's Washington Post, Past Clouds Candidates' Donor Lists, which starts off with this gem:
A list of the donors who have "bundled" large sums from dozens of individuals to give to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign includes several figures who were involved in the 1990s Democratic Party fundraising scandal that tarnished her husband's record. Among them is an Oklahoma oilman who testified in the mid-1990s that the firm he worked for, owned by Democratic fundraisers, sought to curry favor with Bill Clinton's administration by providing payments and a golf club membership to a Cabinet secretary's son.To give the appearance of fairness, the Washington Post does note that one of Mitt Romney's national finance co-chair was indicted. That man, Alan Fabian, immediately resigned and his contributions were returned, which the Post doesn't tell you.
Looks like campaign finance abuses are once again going to be a big story during this election cycle.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. And there is sure to be more of these to come. Full exposer, 'Preordained'. While she is busy casting votes Pro-MoveOn,Anti-Military. Go figure------
Larry at 7:16PM on Sep 20th 2007
2. Get over your obsession with trashing Hillary. There are so many republicans you should be calling out & you don't. Wake up Casey, wake the hell up!
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Patrick at 8:11PM on Sep 20th 2007
3. What about Sant Chatwal
lkamer at 9:08PM on Sep 20th 2007
4. Patrick--They only thing Rep's can do and do best is trash everyone that don't believe like they do. What have they done for the American people beside hate them.
Mrs. Clinton was the only dem that vote with the Rep's about moveon.org.
Dancerpl2 at 10:05PM on Sep 20th 2007
5. Ah, we missed you Billary. You certainly are pure as the driven snow, while those bad old Republicans are real icky. It will be nice to get some real scum and perverts back in the White House.
GreatR at 10:05PM on Sep 20th 2007
6. It will be interesting to see how our 9 to 1 liberal biased media covers this story.
Our liberal biased media covered the Scooter Libby drive by scandel like sharks smelling blood in the water.
If Hillary were a Republican our media would have
crucified her by now.
The campaign Fianancing Task Force (1996-2003) prosecuted 27 in the so-called Chinagate scandel, convicting 22. Most were Asian; ALL WERE FUNDRAISERS FOR BILL CLINTON or other Democrats.
Hillary's Presidential campaign could become irrelevant if she is constantly dealing with ANOTHER Chinagate of her own making.
Pete at 10:31PM on Sep 20th 2007
7. A story in print today (NY Times) reveals Hsu requested to speak with FBI and did so three times. Cites him admitting to fraud and donor charges. In short: Hsu is talking! Go figure----
Larry at 11:06AM on Sep 21st 2007
8. She learned from the best, Bill. If you were surprised by this then you are an idiot. Both Clintons are as crooked as dragons tail. It depends on what the definition of is is.
The only thing scarier than Billary is Barack Hussien Obama.
B. Hussien Obama is the ANTI-CHRIST he fits the warnings and I'm not even that "religious" for a Republican.
Greg at 2:00AM on Sep 22nd 2007
9. RECORDS SET
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
* According to our best information, 40 government officials were indicted or convicted in the wake of Watergate. A reader computes that there was a total of 31 Reagan era convictions, including 14 because of Iran-Contra and 16 in the Department of Housing & Urban Development scandal. 47 individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine were convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes with 33 of these occurring during the Clinton administration itself. There were in addition 61 indictments or misdemeanor charges. 14 persons were imprisoned. A key difference between the Clinton story and earlier ones was the number of criminals with whom he was associated before entering the White House.
Using a far looser standard that included resignations, David R. Simon and D. Stanley Eitzen in Elite Deviance, say that 138 appointees of the Reagan administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were criminally indicted. Curiously Haynes Johnson uses the same figure but with a different standard in "Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the Reagan Years: "By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever."
STARR-RAY INVESTIGATION
- Number of Starr-Ray investigation convictions or guilty pleas (including one governor, one associate attorney general and two Clinton business partners): 14
- Number of Clinton Cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 5
- Number of Reagan cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 4
- Number of top officials jailed in the Teapot Dome Scandal: 3
CRIME STATS
- Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47
- Number of these convictions during Clinton's presidency: 33
- Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
- Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment, fled the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses) refused to be interviewed: 122
SMALTZ INVESTIGATION
- Guilty pleas and convictions obtained by Donald Smaltz in cases involving charges of bribery and fraud against former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and associated individuals and businesses: 15
- Acquitted or overturned cases (including Espy): 6
- Fines and penalties assessed: $11.5 million
- Amount Tyson Food paid in fines and court costs: $6 million
CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION
- As of June 2000, the Justice Department listed 25 people indicted and 19 convicted because of the 1996 Clinton-Gore fundraising scandals.
- According to the House Committee on Government Reform in September 2000, 79 House and Senate witnesses asserted the Fifth Amendment in the course of investigations into Gore's last fundraising campaign.
-James Riady entered a plea agreement to pay an $8.5 million fine for campaign finance crimes. This was a record under campaign finance laws.
CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED
Drug trafficking (3), racketeering, extortion, bribery (4), tax evasion, kickbacks, embezzlement (2), fraud (12), conspiracy (5), fraudulent loans, illegal gifts (1), illegal campaign contributions (5), money laundering (6), perjury, obstruction of justice.
BLACKMANVISION at 10:36AM on Sep 25th 2007