by Paul R. Hollrah
Hillary's China Connection
October 22, 2007 01:59 PM EST
The Los Angeles Times disclosed in an October 19 investigative report that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been the beneficiary of hundreds of thousands of dollars in suspicious contributions from donors in New York’s Chinatown. According to the Times, “Dishwashers, waiters, and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton’s campaign treasury. BREAK
In April, a single fundraiser in an area long noted for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000…” BREAK
The Times examined the cases of more than 150 donors who wrote checks to Clinton after fundraising events geared to the Chinese community. One-third of those donors could not be found… And several dozen were described in FEC reports as holding jobs… that would normally make it difficult to donate amounts ranging from $500 to the legal maximum of $2,300.” BREAK
A tenement at 44 Henry Street was listed in Clinton’s FEC filings as the home of Shu Fang Li, a $1,000 contributor. A woman living in the apartment said that she had never heard of Shu, although she has lived there for ten years. BREAK
A building in East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge, was listed as the address of $1,000 contributor Sang Cheung Lee. Neighbors said they knew of no one by that name at that address. BREAK
Clerks at a store on Canal Street, listed as the place of employment of $1,000 contributor Shih Kan Chang, were equally mystified. Employees said they had never heard of Chang. BREAK
Another listed donor, Yi Min Liu, admitted to having attended a banquet for Clinton but denied having made the $1,000 contribution that was reported in his name. BREAK
Of course, none of this is new to the Clintons. They may be convinced that those of us who have followed their criminal careers for the past two decades have either forgotten their past sins or disposed of our voluminous files. They would be badly mistaken. BREAK
A short stroll down memory lane reminds us that, in 1993, under Hillary Clinton’s sponsorship, John Huang, president of an Arkansas subsidiary of Indonesia’s Lippo Group, left Arkansas to accept a senior policy position in the U.S. Department of Commerce. On June 30, 1994, after obtaining top security clearances and receiving all of the necessary intelligence briefings, Huang was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Policy. BREAK
Then, in a September 13, 1995 Oval Office meeting, which included the president, Huang, and Huang’s former employer, Indonesian billionaire James Riady, it was decided that Huang would leave the Commerce Department to become a fulltime fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. BREAK
During his tenure at the DNC, Huang had little difficulty raising money. For example, on August 1, 1996, Hillary’s protégé sold $122,000 worth of tickets for a single event, Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday party, to yet another Clinton friend, Charlie Yah Lin Trie, a man with a lot of Chinese cash to spend. It was a hard sell… about as tough as selling a poker chip to a gambler. BREAK
The source of Trie’s money? In its June 7, 1998 edition, the Washington Times reported that House investigators had pieced together an elaborate network showing how Trie and his associates funneled Chinese money into Democratic Party coffers. According to House investigators, the money trail led from mainland China to Macao businessman Ng Lap Seng, from Ng to Charlie Trie, from Trie to a nationwide network of “straw” donors, and from the “straw” donors to the Democrats. BREAK
In just one major transaction, Trie donated more than $600,000 to the Clinton Legal Defense Fund. Much of the money was contributed… get this… via consecutively-numbered money orders, mailed from cities across the country, with different contributor names affixed… but all signed by the same person and each containing the same misspelled word. (Don’t you just hate it when that happens?) BREAK
Clearly, the Clinton’s have mastered the technique of “reverse bundling,” where a single contributor, say the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, wishes to enhance the political prospects of a favored American candidate. During the Bill Clinton era, one of their principal conduits was Charlie Yah Lin Trie. Now, in the Hillary Clinton era, we have imprisoned Chinese businessman Norman Hsu. Doubtless there are others. BREAK
As might be expected, the New York Times appeared only slightly interested in the story. In an October 19 editorial they wrote, “Corruption already is licking at various candidates’ treasuries as unscrupulous bundlers turn out to be faking claims of small donations, writing big-number checks to buy access.” BREAK
Have they forgotten how to spell “Clinton” and “Edwards?” BREAK
Democrat stalwart Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, is no fan of the Clinton’s. In a March 11, 2001 op-ed column describing the Clintons, he wrote, “Before this, we laughed at poor little countries that drug dealers and international crooks could buy. We mocked the Third World capitals where a little money on the fingers of a certain family member could open doors or close eyes. BREAK
“Thanks to Bill and Hillary Clinton, we have now forfeited that small national vanity. The next movie about international drug-dealing… may well feature not a Mexican police chief but an American president as the bag man.”
Hillary's China Connection
October 22, 2007 01:59 PM EST
The Los Angeles Times disclosed in an October 19 investigative report that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been the beneficiary of hundreds of thousands of dollars in suspicious contributions from donors in New York’s Chinatown. According to the Times, “Dishwashers, waiters, and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton’s campaign treasury. BREAK
In April, a single fundraiser in an area long noted for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000…” BREAK
The Times examined the cases of more than 150 donors who wrote checks to Clinton after fundraising events geared to the Chinese community. One-third of those donors could not be found… And several dozen were described in FEC reports as holding jobs… that would normally make it difficult to donate amounts ranging from $500 to the legal maximum of $2,300.” BREAK
A tenement at 44 Henry Street was listed in Clinton’s FEC filings as the home of Shu Fang Li, a $1,000 contributor. A woman living in the apartment said that she had never heard of Shu, although she has lived there for ten years. BREAK
A building in East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge, was listed as the address of $1,000 contributor Sang Cheung Lee. Neighbors said they knew of no one by that name at that address. BREAK
Clerks at a store on Canal Street, listed as the place of employment of $1,000 contributor Shih Kan Chang, were equally mystified. Employees said they had never heard of Chang. BREAK
Another listed donor, Yi Min Liu, admitted to having attended a banquet for Clinton but denied having made the $1,000 contribution that was reported in his name. BREAK
Of course, none of this is new to the Clintons. They may be convinced that those of us who have followed their criminal careers for the past two decades have either forgotten their past sins or disposed of our voluminous files. They would be badly mistaken. BREAK
A short stroll down memory lane reminds us that, in 1993, under Hillary Clinton’s sponsorship, John Huang, president of an Arkansas subsidiary of Indonesia’s Lippo Group, left Arkansas to accept a senior policy position in the U.S. Department of Commerce. On June 30, 1994, after obtaining top security clearances and receiving all of the necessary intelligence briefings, Huang was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Policy. BREAK
Then, in a September 13, 1995 Oval Office meeting, which included the president, Huang, and Huang’s former employer, Indonesian billionaire James Riady, it was decided that Huang would leave the Commerce Department to become a fulltime fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. BREAK
During his tenure at the DNC, Huang had little difficulty raising money. For example, on August 1, 1996, Hillary’s protégé sold $122,000 worth of tickets for a single event, Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday party, to yet another Clinton friend, Charlie Yah Lin Trie, a man with a lot of Chinese cash to spend. It was a hard sell… about as tough as selling a poker chip to a gambler. BREAK
The source of Trie’s money? In its June 7, 1998 edition, the Washington Times reported that House investigators had pieced together an elaborate network showing how Trie and his associates funneled Chinese money into Democratic Party coffers. According to House investigators, the money trail led from mainland China to Macao businessman Ng Lap Seng, from Ng to Charlie Trie, from Trie to a nationwide network of “straw” donors, and from the “straw” donors to the Democrats. BREAK
In just one major transaction, Trie donated more than $600,000 to the Clinton Legal Defense Fund. Much of the money was contributed… get this… via consecutively-numbered money orders, mailed from cities across the country, with different contributor names affixed… but all signed by the same person and each containing the same misspelled word. (Don’t you just hate it when that happens?) BREAK
Clearly, the Clinton’s have mastered the technique of “reverse bundling,” where a single contributor, say the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, wishes to enhance the political prospects of a favored American candidate. During the Bill Clinton era, one of their principal conduits was Charlie Yah Lin Trie. Now, in the Hillary Clinton era, we have imprisoned Chinese businessman Norman Hsu. Doubtless there are others. BREAK
As might be expected, the New York Times appeared only slightly interested in the story. In an October 19 editorial they wrote, “Corruption already is licking at various candidates’ treasuries as unscrupulous bundlers turn out to be faking claims of small donations, writing big-number checks to buy access.” BREAK
Have they forgotten how to spell “Clinton” and “Edwards?” BREAK
Democrat stalwart Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, is no fan of the Clinton’s. In a March 11, 2001 op-ed column describing the Clintons, he wrote, “Before this, we laughed at poor little countries that drug dealers and international crooks could buy. We mocked the Third World capitals where a little money on the fingers of a certain family member could open doors or close eyes. BREAK
“Thanks to Bill and Hillary Clinton, we have now forfeited that small national vanity. The next movie about international drug-dealing… may well feature not a Mexican police chief but an American president as the bag man.”