thesmokinggun.com - 12/31/2008
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President-elect's name may emerge in Norman Hsu fraud trial DECEMBER 31--As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren't enough, President-elect Barack Obama's name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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If the Hsu fits... It's still weeks away
from the inauguration and already Barack Obama is linked...
to two high profile scandals. First it was the Blago Scandal. Now, it's the Hsu Scandal-- Democratic mega-donor Norman Hsu at a recent court hearing ...
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Figures... Obama Linked to Norman Hsu Scandal Too
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/3/2009
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Was Madoff just the tip of the iceberg?
The SEC is investigating at least one case in...
which investors may have been cheated out of as much as $1 billion, by money managers using tactics similar to those alleged to have been employed by Madoff, ...
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Report: SEC Probing Other Madoff-Style Ponzi Schemes
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Figures... Obama Linked to Norman Hsu Scandal Too
Gateway Pundit —
If the Hsu fits... It's still weeks away from the inauguration and already Barack Obama is linked to two high profile scandals. First it was the Blago Scandal. Now, it's the Hsu Scandal-- Democratic mega-donor Norman Hsu at a recent court hearing. The Smoking Gun reported, via Free Republic: In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser who ...
Larwyn's New Year's Links: Time to pull out the Man Card
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... - Cal Thomas Hoping for change in our Middle East policy - Power Line Yes we can -- Move on - Charlie Foxtrot Change and hope for '09 - American Digest He (Fitzgerald) blew it - Don Surber New Years Blago Scandals Digest - Marathon Pundit The end of subsidies, and other early morning reads - Fausta Court rules against Gitmo detainees - Prairie Pundit Disproportionate Israeli Humanitarian Aid to Gaza - The Corner Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme (Hsu) - Smoking Gun Top 10 marketing flops bigger than ...
Sqeaky clean continues to rub off of Obama’s star
Sister Toldjah —
The Smoking Gun reports that the Blago scandal may not be the only political scandal PEBO is linked to going into 2009:
DECEMBER 31–As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren’t enough, President-elect Barack Obama’s name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other massive Ponzi scheme). In addition to the Rod Blagojevich pay-for-play probe, Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the ...
Hsu Obama
Classical Values —
... quotes from The Smoking Gun : Before becoming a key fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, Hsu co-hosted a 2005 California fundraiser for Obama's political action committee and ...
A READER EMAILS: “I’ll bet Obama wishes he’d Hsut up!” President-elect’s name may emerge in Norman…
Instapundit —
... A READER EMAILS: “I’ll bet Obama wishes he’d Hsut up!” President-elect’s name may emerge in Norman Hsu fraud trial. ...
Fitzpiphany? [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
Fitzpiphany? [Dan Collins] More campaign finance reform: Before becoming a key fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid , Hsu co-hosted a 2005 California fundraiser for Obama’s political action committee and introduced the Illinois Democrat to Marc Gorenberg, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist who later joined the Obama campaign’s national finance committee. Prosecutors allege that Hsu directed his investors to donate money to specific candidates, and then reimbursed them in violation of federal campaign laws. Grassroots. Posted by Dan Collins @ ...
The next pay for play scandal?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Blagojevich, in that sense. However, the timing looks highly suspicious. In October, Hillary pushes the bond legislation that allows Congel to complete his construction. The very next month, $50,000 suddenly appears on the Clinton Foundation doorstep. A few months later, Hillary earmarks a project that brings traffic much closer to Congel’s mall. And all of that is just coincidence, right? And that’s not the only pay-for-play problem Hillary might bring Obama. According to The Smoking Gun , Norman Hsu’s attorney promises that both Hillary and Obama will get mentioned ...
The New “Pay-To-Play” Scheme Inside The Obama Administration
Flopping Aces —
... the donation.
The Internation Herald-Tribune does it’s best to minimize the impact by including the fact that Congel was a donor to Republicans and Democrats. Big deal, a developer will give to whoever is in office at the time and can do the most for his projects. While there is no way to prove this deal was illegal, unless there are Blago type wiretaps, it does stink to high heaven.
It gets better. Another fundraiser for Hillary, Norman Hsu, will talk about Clinton and Obama during his upcoming trial for fraud:
In addition ...
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