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Clinton Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check
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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: Clinton Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check |
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 Clinton Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check
A spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign yesterday blamed a faulty background check for the campaign's failure to raise any questions about Norman Hsu, a previously unknown businessman who suddenly became one of its biggest fundraisers.Though a commonly used public record search shows that Hsu had multiple business lawsuits filed against him dating to 1985, filed for bankruptcy in 1990, and was a defendant in two 1991 California court matters listed as possible criminal cases, the campaign said its computer checks used insufficient search terms that did not include the two middle names Hsu used in the California case.
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"In all of these searches, the campaign used the name Norman Hsu, which, like the search results of other committees and campaigns, did not turn up disqualifying information," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson explained.
Now, the FBI is conducting preliminary inquiries into allegations it has received about Hsu's fundraising and business dealings, according to a senior law enforcement official, who added that none has reached a point of warranting the opening of a formal investigation.
Hsu's troubled past eluded the Clinton campaign's detection even though he was a well-known figure who frequently appeared at campaign events and was one of the top 15 fundraisers for Clinton's 2008 presidential bid. He raised $850,000 in just eight months, more than most such "bundlers" connected to any candidate, without raising red flags.
Clinton campaign chairman Terence R. McAuliffe -- famous for his careful, methodical courting of big donors and fundraisers -- said in an interview yesterday that he does not know where Hsu came from. "I don't know how he became involved in the Clinton campaign," McAuliffe said. "I've never asked the man for a check."
Hsu twice attended events sponsored by Bill Clinton's global charitable effort, putting up $15,000 each time as an entrance fee. The donations allowed him to mingle with the corporate executives typically attracted by the former president's charitable endeavors.
Bill Clinton's aides said they knew little about Hsu's own businesses, save that he was involved somehow in the apparel business. Shortly after questions arose in late August about Hsu's background, the Clinton Global Initiative refunded the $30,000 -- more than a week before Hillary Clinton's campaign decided to refund the $850,000 that Hsu had raised.
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