UPDATE:Hillary Didn’t Return Her Hsu’s… Vilsack Got Hsued
UPDATE: Hillary made a promise to return the money, but she didn’t quite live up to her promise!
Consider this a rough cut through the data, subject to revision, but I’m showing more than $125,000 in thus far unrefunded contributions made by previously identified suspected Hsu straw donors (most of whom the Clinton campaign seems to acknowledge as Hsu-connected donors by virtue of the partial refunds they issued during the quarter).
18 of the 26 Hsu-connected donors listed below receieved only partial refunds for their aggregate Clinton contributions. Just 2 of them received full refunds. 6 others (including 2 members of the Paw family) received no refunds.
It’s important to note that this data does not include any refunds that HillPAC may have separately issued. Once that data is available, I’ll update accordingly. As currently illustrated, the Clinton campaign appears to have refunded just over 40% of the previously identified Hsu-connected donations.
Flip has the scoop! Here is just a bit for you:
Vilsack’s Q3 filing also leaves us with a shiny little gem by the name of Seema Hingorani of Darien, Connecticut, the only other individual to receive a refund from Vilsack on 9/22, hers for $2,300. Glancing at Hingorani’s contribution history, we see her donations fit the Hsu donor pattern very nicely (including nearly $14,000 to Hillary and HillPAC and more than $26,000 to the DSCC since 2005). I’d come upon Seema (and the two other Connecticut Hingoranis) previously, due to their fitting the Hsu contribution pattern so well, but never included them in the data primarily because Seema appears to have a legitimate and presumably high paying job, which is a decently predictive exclusionary criterion among suspected Hsu straw donors. The Vilsack refund, however, seems to plant at least Seema if not the other Hingoranis firmly into the presumed Hsu-connected donor group.
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Flip Pidot reminds us that quarterly donation reports are rolling in today which means we’ll have possibly hundreds of new turkey-in-the-straw donors–especially for Hillary Clinton–popping up in the next day or two. Why, he’s already found one!… [Read More]
» Hillary Clinton’s amended fundraising report from Brain ShavingsKeep your eye on Hillary Clinton’s amended 3rd quarter fundraising report to the Federal Election Commission. Former candidate Tom Vilsack returned $4,300 to Norman Hsu and pals, and today’s the deadline for filing amended Q3 campaign finance reports. … [Read More]
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October 16, 2007 - 06:38 AM on October 16th, 2007
Now you know why we call him Sh*tsack in Iowa.
October 16, 2007 - 07:37 AM on October 16th, 2007
What? You mean HilLiary lied? Hard to believe, because it isn’t being reported by the MSM. No, not a word on it from them. Complete silence…
October 16, 2007 - 08:33 AM on October 16th, 2007
Because ther culture of corruption is strictly Reopublican.
October 16, 2007 - 08:47 AM on October 16th, 2007
Has ther been a post regarding the resolution Pelosi is oushing through congress that would essentially disolve our alliance with Turkey?
October 16, 2007 - 08:59 AM on October 16th, 2007
4, Ted, like this one at Sister Toldjah’s?
http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/10/15/pelosis-turkey-misadventure/
October 16, 2007 - 09:24 AM on October 16th, 2007
Pam’s on it!