Democratic Donor a No Show at Hearing
By PAUL ELIAS
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 5, 2007; 2:19 PM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was a wanted man again after he failed to show up for a court date Wednesday and a judge issued a new warrant for his arrest.
Hsu, whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates, was scheduled to ask a judge to cut in half the $2 million bail he posted last week when he turned himself in after spending 15 years on the lam from a felony theft conviction.
This report about Hsu failing to appear in court appears to contradict earlier reports about campaign contributions. This report says, for instance, that the Clinton campaign returned money after learning Hsu was a fugitive. Earlier reports suggested when others complained that Clinton took the fugitives’s money her campaign indicated the funds would go to charity.
Since the money may come from criminal activities, would the proper response be to turn the money over to authorities until some determination can be made?
Stanford Matthews
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