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Kennedy Relative Tied to Fund-Raising Case By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ Published: April 23, 2005 WASHINGTON, April 22 - A brother-in-law of Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has been working as a confidential informant in a criminal case against Hillary Rodham Clinton's former fund-raising director, according to people involved in the case. The brother-in-law, Raymond Reggie of Louisiana, has apparently been acting as an undercover informant in the case and secretly recorded a conversation he had with Mrs. Clinton's former fund-raising director during a steak dinner. In that conversation, the two discussed a 2000 fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton that is at...

HILL: MY $$ MAN 'WILL BE CLEARED' April 23, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday stood behind her indicted former fund-raiser after prosecutors said Ted Kennedy's brother-in-law taped him making "incriminating" statements about her Senate campaign's Hollywood gala. "The Senate campaign committee fully cooperated with the investigation. [David] Rosen worked hard for the campaign and we trust that when all the facts are in, he will be cleared," Clinton lawyer David Kendall said in an e-mail to The Post. Rosen goes to trial May 3 on charges of falsely underreporting the costs of the August 2000 gala...

In-law fraud case stings Ted K, Dems By Noelle Straub Saturday, April 23, 2005 - Updated: 07:45 AM EST WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's embattled brother-in-law - fingered as the FBI informant who secretly taped conversations for a case against a top fund-raiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton - donated money to the Bay State senator and boasts deep political ties to his family. New Orleans political consultant Raymond Reggie, 43, became Kennedy's in-law in 1992 when his sister Victoria married the senator, and had also enjoyed a friendship with the Clintons. But facing unrelated charges of fraud against three...

Hillary Clinton aide reportedly taped Kennedy in-law said to aid the FBI By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | April 24, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy's brother-in-law secretly taped at least one telephone conversation as part of an FBI investigation into a former aide to Senator Hillary Clinton, according to published reports. ================================================== The BOSTON GLOBE has the story. Legs. Entire story: CLICK.

<p>David Rosen - Chicago whizkid and Hillary campaign finance director who wanted to be a big time player in DemocRAT politics. Charged in January in a 10-page felony indictment. He filed false reports and amended false reports to the FEC and had another person create a fictitious receipt. So far, he has not turned on Hillary. If it starts getting too hot for him, will he make a deal?</p>

Note: this is the first in a series of stories regarding the events surrounding the business relationship of entrepreneur Peter Paul, William Jefferson Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is a story that Hillary does not want you to know. Intro to the series: DFU’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE WITH PETER PAUL ================================================================= Entrepreneur Peter Paul spent almost two million dollars of his own money in 2000 for a gala Hollywood farewell to Bill Clinton and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. It was the largest fundraiser for her senate campaign. Paul will be appearing today on the Sean Hannity Show in his first...

Rosen goes to trial May 3 on charges of falsely underreporting the costs of the August 2000 gala — thus inflating the amount of campaign cash ostensibly raised for Clinton at the event.

Note: this is the second in a series of stories regarding the events surrounding the business relationship of entrepreneur Peter Paul, William Jefferson Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is a story that Hillary does not want you to know. SERIES INTRO No. 1 Peter Paul appeared briefly on the Hannity and Colmes Show to announce the launch of the Hillary Clinton Accountability Project and the website hillcap.org. Paul wants Hillary to finally take responsibility for her massive campaign finance fraud in 2000. Alan Colmes was on hand to reprise his almost legendary role. He was still shilling for the...

FReepers, it is an amazing thing to witness. I'm about an hour from Los Angeles and plan to go to the David Rosen trial on Tuesday. I have been on the phone calling radio news stations and local TV affiliates in Los Angeles to see if they were covering the story. No one knows about the story. How can that be possible? Not even KFWB knows, the main news radio station in Los Angeles. The mainstream media is going to have to be dragged kicking and screaming into covering this story. It has the potential to derail Queen Hillary's run...

LOS ANGELES—A lavish politics-goes-Hollywood fundraiser that helped propel Hillary Clinton into the U.S. Senate is the main event at the pending federal trial of the New York Democrat’s former campaign finance director. ... It’s rare for alleged federal campaign finance violations to go to trial. But that is what’s scheduled to happen Tuesday in federal court here, with witnesses including Sen. Edward Kennedy’s brother-in-law, who wore a wire for the government. Based on that conversation and allegedly false federal filings, prosecutors charged finance director David Rosen with deliberately lowballing the cost of the August 2000 gala. An FBI agent has...

May 10, 2005 -- THE Justice Department case against David Rosen, national finance chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate race, is getting stronger, increasing the odds the aide will start cooperating with the government — which could be disastrous for the senator's ambitions. Rosen has been indicted for deliberately reporting that the cost of an August 2000 Hollywood fund-raising gala was only $400,000 when the actual tab was $1.2 million — a step that let Mrs. Clinton spend $800,000 more in "hard money" for her campaign. (After Hillary and opponent Rick Lazio agreed to ban soft money, both camps were...

(1010 WINS) LOS ANGELES A federal criminal trial involving a former finance director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be watched by Republicans seeking to derail her re-election next year and potential 2008 bid for the White House. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday for the trial against Clinton's former finance director, David Rosen. He is accused of filing false campaign finance statements in connection with the fundraiser for Clinton's successful 2000 senatorial campaign. Rosen has pleaded not guilty to the charges. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in...

INTRO 1 – Peter Paul to Make Big Announcement on Hannity 2 - Sorry, Alan Colmes, You Will Not Stop hillcap.org or the Truth 3 - Hillary’s Favorite Foreign Donor, Tendo Oto (Part 1) 4 – Hillary’s Favorite Foreign Donor, Tendo Oto (Part 2) =============================================================== Note: this is the fifth episode in a series of stories regarding the events surrounding the 2000 Fundraiser and the business relationship of entrepreneur Peter Paul, William Jefferson Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Dick Morris appeared on the Tony Snow radio show this morning and discussed Hillary Clinton's very serious problem regarding the trial...

LOS ANGELES, May 11 -- David F. Rosen deliberately and illegally underreported the costs of a star-studded Hollywood fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at Rosen's trial here. Rosen, who was Clinton's finance director at the time, intentionally underreported the cost of the August 2000 gala by two-thirds, prosecutor Peter R. Zeidenberg told jurors in his opening statement. Rosen did so, the prosecutor said, because as the price of the gala began to spiral out of control, "he knew that there was going to be outrage in the campaign and at headquarters." Rosen, 40,...

-- Sen. Edward Kennedy's brother-in-law testified in federal court Thursday against the former national finance director of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 campaign, who is accused of lying to regulators about the cost of a lavish Hollywood fundraiser. Raymond Reggie, a prominent political consultant whose sister is married to Kennedy, testified that David Rosen said event producers were charging $500,000 _ $100,000 more than was reported to the Federal Election Commission.Rosen, 38, is accused of lying to the Federal Election Commission about the true costs of the August 2000 gala that drew celebrities, including Cher, Diana Ross, Brad Pitt, Jennifer...

HILL PAL IS CASH COWED By NICOLE CAMPBELL May 21, 2005 -- LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in the trial of Hillary Rodham Clinton's former top fund-raiser David Rosen closed their case yesterday by driving home the point that an extravagant Hollywood gala cost three times as much as was reported to the Federal Election Commission. **SNIP** After the prosecution rested, Rosen's attorney, Paul Sandler, quickly filed a motion to dismiss each of the counts in the case. Judge A. Harold Matz said he would rule on the motion when the case resumes on Tuesday. Matz said he expected the jury...

Clinton Has Eyes at Rosen Trial BY JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun May 23, 2005 LOS ANGELES - Since the criminal trial of a top fund-raising official on Senator Clinton's 2000 campaign began here nearly two weeks ago, a middle-age woman has been quietly perched on one of the wooden benches in the back of the courtroom. She jots down her observations in a small notebook and regularly consults with defense lawyers, but does not socialize with the handful of journalists covering the trial. The unobtrusive and taciturn woman is the general counsel for Mrs. Clinton's campaign,...

Prosecutors attack David Rosen's credibility LOS ANGELES Hillary Rodham Clinton's former national finance adviser says he may have used bad judgment when he failed to report allowing a donor to pay a ten-thousand-dollar Beverly Hills hotel bill and loan him use of a Porsche. But David Rosen says he never tried to hide anything. Rosen said on the stand this morning that he thought use of Aaron Tonken's Porsche while he was in Los Angeles to help organize a lavish 2000 gala with Hollywood stars was a personal gift. Rosen said, "I didn't think there was any campaign expense....if I...

HILLARY CLINTON Hollywood event a flop in '00. One of Hillary Clinton's top aides threw a hissy fit over the high costs of an extravagant Hollywood fund-raiser .......... Ray Reggie, the brother-in-law of Sen. Ted Kennedy, testified..... that Clinton aide Kelly Craighead was upset days before the August 2000 soiree. Craighead and Rosen argued "pretty hard" about the lavish fund-raiser, said Reggie, who got involved in raising cash for the campaign at the behest of then-President Bill Clinton. "Kelly was concerned about how much money was going to be made at the event," Reggie testified....... Rosen, who is charged...