Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Patrick Kennedy’s Donor Noman Hsu Flees from Criminal Hearing

Democratic Donor a No Show at Hearing
Sep 5 12:46 PM US/Eastern
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) – Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu failed to appear Wednesday for a bail hearing and a judge issued a new warrant for his arrest.
Hsu forfeits the $2 million bail he posted last week.
Hsu’s lawyer said he doesn’t know where his client is.
Hsu had been a fugitive in California for 15 years during which time he became a top donor to Democratic candidates, including presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
Hsu pleaded no contest in 1991 to a felony count of grand theft, admitting he’d defrauded investors of $1 million in a bogus investment scam. Prosecutors say he was facing up to three years in prison when he skipped town before being sentenced.
Federal Election Commission records show Hsu donated $260,000 to the Democratic Party and candidates since 2004.

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Democrat Rep. Patrick Kennedy Will Keep Chinese Fugitive Hsu Donations

Rep. Kennedy Will Keep Hsu Donations
Sep 4 05:16 PM US/EasternBy ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Tuesday he’s not returning $6,600 in donations he got from Norman Hsu, a prominent Democratic donor whose criminal past was recently revealed.
Several top Democrats, including 2008 presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Kennedy’s father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, have said they will return Hsu’s donations or give them to charity.
Rep. Kennedy will keep the money because there is no indication that Hsu’s contributions to him were illegal, according to his chief of staff, Adam Brand.
“We are complying with all applicable (Federal Election Commission) rules and regulations with regards to campaign contributions,” Brand said. “If something changes with respect to those rules, we’ll take appropriate action.”
Hsu was among 16 co-hosts for a fundraising event in honor of Kennedy’s 40th birthday at the New York Yacht Club in June, Brand said.
Hsu, a California businessman who remade himself into a New York apparel executive and benefactor of Democratic causes and candidates, turned himself in last week to authorities in California, where he had been a fugitive for more than 15 years.
“Norman is entitled to the presumption of innocence like everyone else,” Hsu’s Washington attorney, E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., said Tuesday. “His issue is over 15 years old.”
In 1991, Hsu pleaded no contest to a single felony count of grand theft in California, admitting he’d defrauded investors of $1 million in a bogus investment scam.
But Hsu failed to appear in court for sentencing, a revelation last week that prompted Clinton to give to charity $23,000 in contributions that Hsu made to her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee.
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