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SACRAMENTO (AP) - The state's political watchdog agency overstepped its authority by limiting donations to campaign committees controlled by elected officials and candidates, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday, a decision that could blow the amount of money spent in an upcoming special election wide open. Judge Shelleyanne Chang's preliminary ruling said a committee raising money for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed initiatives for an expected special election this fall may raise unlimited amount of money from individual donors. If Chang, who will hear oral arguments in the case Thursday, maintains her ruling, political committees controlled by the governor...

WASHINGTON - Presidential Democratic hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites) is letting former Sen. Robert Torricelli raise money for him less than two years after the Senate formally rebuked Torricelli for his actions with a political donor. Torricelli, whose rising political career collapsed in 2002 after his fund raising became the subject of criminal and Senate investigations, said Friday he is not seeking a formal position in Kerry's campaign but has raised money for it. "I have asked people to send in checks," Torricelli said in a phone interview. "I have raised some money for John. I have known...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published on TaipeiTimes http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/01/05/2003086416 International body accepts `Taiwan' NAME GAME: The International Association of Chiefs of Police, ignoring a possible backlash from China, accepted the official change from `Taiwan, China' to `Taiwan' By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Monday, Jan 05, 2004,Page 1 Despite China's audacious political maneuvers, Taiwan has managed to change its national title at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) from "Taiwan, China" to "Taiwan." "Due to China's pressure and maneuvers, our group members at the IACP were forced to change the name of their country of origin from the `Republic of China' to `Taiwan,...

1995-96 David Chang, (right), named to finance committee for Robert G. Torricelli's Senate campaign. DEC. 15-16, 1997 Senator Torricelli travels through South Korea with Mr. Chang's employee. DEC. 19, 1997 Mr. Chang donates $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. FEB. 26, 1998 Mr. Chang meets at Old Executive Offfice Building with Bruce Riedel, senior director of the National Security Council for Near East and South Asian Affairs, to discuss his proposal for a dialogue between the United States and Iraq. JUNE 9, 1998 Mr. Chang and Audrey Yu attend state dinner for President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea....

Subject: Torricelli's Illegal Contributions Detailed in Chang's Sentencing Memo - - Chang is NOT the liar Torricelli says he is Prosecutors Say Chang Advanced Torricelli Probe Newly Released Document Outlines Illegal Contributions POSTED: 4:44 p.m. EDT September 26, 2002 UPDATED: 7:19 p.m. EDT September 26, 2002 NEWARK, N.J. -- A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday that a sentencing memo describing illegal gifts to U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli must be made public immediately. RELATED INFO:5K Letter: Read Excerpts5K Letter: Read It All FeedRoom Court Releases Torricelli Memo The document outlines businessman David Chang's cooperation with the federal prosecutors....

<p>TRENTON -- A memo released Thursday by a federal judge showed that David Chang traveled to New York shops and poured over credit card records with federal prosecutors to corroborate claims that he gave gifts to Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli.</p>

                                                     NOT PRECEDENTIAL                   THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT                            ___________                                              Nos. 02-2839 and 02-2907                            ___________                     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                vs.                  DAVID CHANG, a/k/a IL WOO CHANG,                                Robert G. Torricelli (Intervenor in D.C.),                                Appellant at No. 02-2839.                            ___________                      UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                 v.                  DAVID CHANG, a/k/a IL WOO CHANG,                                Robert G. Torricelli (Intervenor in D.C.),                                WNBC, a television station owned and                                                               operated by National Broadcasting                                Company, Inc.; NEW YORK TIMES,                                publishers of theNew York Times;...

Dear Forrester supporter, Last night, WNBC News 4 New York ran a promo during West Wing that it will air a special report "The Prisoner & the Politician" with new information about Mr. Torricelli's relationship with David Chang. The report will air tonight on News 4 New York at 5 p.m. and is being filed by Jonathan Dienst, one of the driving investigative reporters who has uncovered much of the information on the Torricelli-Chang affair. Tell your friends and families. Sincerely, Bill Pascoe Campaign Manager Forrester 2002

<p>September 18, 2002 -- FIFTY years ago today, the New York Post published an article that led to one of the most memorable speeches in American history and forever changed the nature of this nation's politics.</p> <p>Decades before Watergate, a furor over ethics almost ended the career of then-Sen. Richard Nixon. And his spectacular recovery has important lessons for New Jersey's Sen. Bob Torricelli, another pol fighting for his political life in the wake of an ethics mess.</p>

<p>I don't have any say in picking the questions for tonight's U.S. Senate debate between Robert Torricelli and Douglas Forrester. But if I did, here's one I'd ask: What time is it?</p> <p>Not what time is it on the watch Torricelli is wearing, which almost certainly won't be a Rolex. But what time is it on that grandfather clock of his? You know, the one that he bought with an envelope of cash during that 1997 visit to an antiques store in Lambertville with David Chang.</p>

Panel Has Evidence of 2 Gifts to Torricelli, an Official Says By TIM GOLDEN his article was reported by David Kocieniewski, Tim Golden and Carl Hulse and was written by Mr. Golden. As the Senate Ethics Committee weighs charges that Senator Robert G. Torricelli improperly accepted gifts and cash from a political contributor, a government official involved in the inquiry said the panel had received sales receipts, witness testimony and other corroboration of at least two such gifts. Advertisement Mr. Torricelli, a New Jersey Democrat, appeared before the six members of the committee yesterday afternoon, testifying in closed session at...

<p>Washington — One day after Ohio Rep. James Traficant was expelled from the House for ethics violations, similar trouble possibly awaits Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J.</p> <p>Torricelli spent several hours Thursday behind closed doors with the ethics committee, apparently to discuss allegations that the senator accepted expensive gifts from a New Jersey fund-raiser.</p>