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Hillary Clinton Agrees to give Back the Money she Received from Norman Hsu

September 12, 2007

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  According to this article, Hillary Clinton has decided to return the bundled money she received from Norman Hsu after all.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign said Monday it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for allegedly violating election laws.

Clinton, D-N.Y., previously had planned only to give to charity $23,000 she received from Hsu for her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee, HillPac.

  Hey, it’s only $850,000 she received illegally, what’s a few dollars between friends? Isn’t it funny that she times this announcement when the country is focused on the great General Petraeus’ testimony? She just slips it in under the radar.

“In light of recent events and allegations that Mr. Norman Hsu engaged in an illegal investment scheme, we have decided out of an abundance of caution to return the money he raised for our campaign,” Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement Monday night. “An estimated 260 donors this week will receive refunds totaling approximately $850,000 from the campaign.”

  She decides to return the money out of an abundance of caution? That’s right, she was cautious because she was afraid that one of her opponents would use it against her. Of course Barack has his own campaign finance problems, so he probably would have kept his hypocritical mouth shut, but maybe others would have spoken up.

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