More on the Lead Senate Thief/Crook from NEW YORK!
Clintonista's Indictment Kept Secret for a Year!
Though Hillary Clinton's former finance chairman David Rosen was actually indicted in 2003, the Bush administration kept it secret till the indictment was unsealed late Friday, a move that spared the former first couple and the Democratic Party significant embarrassment during the height of the 2004 presidential campaign.
"The indictment was handed down more than a year ago," the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
Citing "sources familiar with the probe," the Times said the Bush Justice Department decided that any criminal charges would not be made public until after last fall's presidential election for fear they would be seen as a politically tainted vendetta by the Bush Administration."
While under secret federal indictment, Rosen was able to continue working for top Democrats throughout the long presidential campaign, eventually joining the campaign staff of Clinton protege, Gen. Wesley Clark, who launched his own presidential bid on the advice of the former first couple.
The decision to keep the politically awkward indictment under wraps allowed Mr. and Mrs. Clinton to assume high profile roles attacking President Bush on the Iraq war, as well as a whole range of domestic issues, without having to answer questions about their role in Rosen's case.
In Sept. 2003, Mrs. Clinton went so far as to accuse the White House of corruption, saying Bush officials had deliberately covered up unhealthy air quality at Ground Zero in the days after the 9/11 attacks.
In a measure of the extraordinary sensitivity with which Bush officials handled the Clinton-related case, the Times said the Rosen probe was "being directed by federal prosecutors with the Public Integrity Section at the Justice Department's headquarters in Washington, who specialize in this type of case."
Although the 10-page indictment does not indicate whether others, including the Clintons, were suspected of wrongdoing, Justice Department spokesman Bryan Sierra told the Times, "All we can say is that there are no additional subjects at this time."
But a key witness in the case has alleged that Hillary Clinton had guilty knowledge of concealed campaign contributions for an Aug. 12, 2000 fundraiser on behalf of her Senate campaign, which formed the basis for Rosen's indictment.
Hollywood producer Peter Paul, who funded the star-studded Los Angeles gala, has claimed that Mrs. Clinton personally negotiated "the largest payment for the event that I underwrote."
Paul and the his lawfirm Judicial Watch have maintained since 2001 that Mrs. Clinton's Senate campaign deliberately undereported nearly $2 million in in-kind contributions he made to cover expenses for the Aug. 2000 event.
Celebrity fundraiser Aaron Tonken, another key figure in the probe, has also suggested that Mrs. Clinton may face legal trouble because of his testimony about work he did for the former first couple.
In a soon-to-be released book that covers his relationship with the Clintons, Tonken says he handed out checks to "certain pols" that were "illegal." And he personally witnessed a "brown bag" stuffed with cash going "someplace it shouldn't."
In 2002 deposition in an unrelated case, Tonken testified: "I'm a star witness against President and Mrs. Clinton. . . . regarding the fundraising activities that I've done on behalf of the Clintons."
The smartest woman in the universe won't know why all her cronies are being indicted. And if any of them point in her direction, she'll be unable to recall or remember.
Watched a rerun of the 1960s "The Manchurian Candidate". Hitlery political personality resemblance to the treasonous character, Mrs. John Iselin played by Angela Lansbury, who sacrifices her son Raymond to further the cause of communism in the US even down to the color of her hair is frightening, and sent a shiver down my spine.
Too bad that so-called "tough" New York media is bought and paid for by the Criminal enterprise known as the Clintonistas.
misc NY ping
Did you notice that the NYTimes didn't cover this story? I mean, there is a reprint of an AP story, but the Times usually is loathe to pull stuff from the wires when they can write their own story their own way. The LA Times... heck, even the NY Post and Newsday threw some reporters at the story, but not the NYT?????
I'm wondering... Didn't the NYTimes have a staff writer to write the story either Friday night or yesterday? Or, did they write a story which didn't make their website?
It's not like there aren't points that Hillary wants to get out. For instance, the indictments started with a person who is accused of stock fraud. And, Rosen's consultancy firm "orchestrated" (LA Times term) an out-of-state fundraiser for the Florida Dems in their effort to beat Jeb
Bush. And, the indictments were handed down a year ago, but only announced on Friday.
The NY Times, in better form, would've scooped the story a year ago, which doubles my interest in why it has received so little attention so far.
| 01/08/2005 |
| Hillary Clinton's Former Campaign Finance Director is Indicted |
| Daily News |
| Jan. 8--WASHINGTON -- A top aide in Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate race was indicted Friday on federal charges of filing false documents that allegedly lowballed costs and hid generous assistance in putting on a star-studded Hollywood gala. The Justice Department alleges that David Ross, Clinton's former campaign finance director, misstated the cost of the fund-raiser to free up more cash for the Democrat's race against former Long Island Republican Rep. Rick Lazio, documents show. Campaign staffers have denied the books were cooked. |
Dec. 3, 2003
Aaron Tonken: "I'm a star witness in New York in the grand jury regarding the Marc Rich pardon and regarding the fund-raising activities that I've done on behalf of the Clintons," the well-connected fund-raiser explained.
No they don`t. They insist on this. New Yorkers elected Hitlery even after she put their lives in danger by getting her husband to pardon 17 FALN members who bombed their city 130 times, hey after all it was only 130 times. Last election New Yorkers also voted for democrats in all 52 districts except two on Staten Island, then they complain for paying the highest taxes in the country and complain when yet more corruption is exposed in the city council. And then lets not forget how they held mass protests almost everyday against Guliani when he cleaned up their city, or protests against Bush for trying to protect their city that was attacked twice in less than 7 years by terrorism with the last being 911. The problem is not Hillary, the problem is New Yorkers themselves.
FYI- Here are a few ources for learning the truth about Hillary:
hillarywatch.org
judicialwatch.org
newsmax.com
hillarysnightmare.com (under construction)
stophillarynow.net
You must understand that the more we do to keep her on the defensive, the harder it is for her to help candidates like she did recently here in Westchester for example:The Ossining & New Rochelle, New York mayoral candidates and just about any democrat who asks her.... If we keep her busy, she will be worrying more about her ass, than her fellow democrats.
E-mail me at hillarysnightmare@hotmail.com (confidentiality protected) if you wish to work together on this important task.
He also opined that Kerry would win Ohio and Florida, two states that were never in play. Its time for big media to find anothe political science teacher who sounds good on TV..
Would Sabato just shut up and go away ... he's the genius, a month out from the election, who predicted a Kerry victory.
Steve Minarick rocks. I know him personally from my old Republican activism days in Rochester.