Still More Dirty Money For Hillary?
The Wall Street Journal finds another irregularity in campaign funds collected by the Clinton campaign. This one could be a real problem for them. One donor is stating publicly that the "personal" donation she gave was really corporate money.
BRISTOW, Va. — When Hillary Rodham Clinton held an intimate fund-raising event at her Washington home in late March, Pamela Layton donated $4,600, the maximum allowed by law, to Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign.
But the 37-year-old Ms. Layton says she and her husband were reimbursed by her husband's boss for the donations. "It wasn't personal money. It was all corporate money," Mrs. Layton said outside her home here. "I don't even like Hillary. I'm a Republican."
The boss is William Danielczyk, founder of a Washington-area private-equity firm and a major fund-raising "bundler" for Mrs. Clinton. Mrs. Layton's gift was one of more than a dozen donations that night from people with Republican ties or no history of political giving. Mr. Danielczyk and his family, employees and friends donated a total of $120,000 to Mrs. Clinton in the days around the fund-raiser.
In an interview, Mr. Danielczyk said he "did not and would not" reimburse employees or others for their political donations. Such reimbursement would be illegal. Mr. Danielczyk said he was a co-host for the event at Mrs. Clinton's home. "Everybody was asked to contribute," he said, "some said yes and some said no." He added, "No arm was twisted."
This, along with the Norman Hsu revelations should be a warning to all campaigns - from either party - that the use of "bundlers" is problematic. Given that Hillary Clinton has a long history of being associated with fundraising scandals, her campaign should have been smarter than this.
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Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » More Scandles In Hillary Fundraising? — Thursday, 20 September , 2007 @ 8:49 am
By feeblemind, Thursday, 20 September , 2007 @ 9:34 am
Look for bundling irregularities to become a major scandal with the press if a repub is ever caught receiving such money. I suspect such a scandal would be followed closely by polls attacking said candidate’s character in an effort to drive down popularity. With HRC, the only polls I see are whether or not she should refund the money. No polling effort to drive down her popularity.
By mockinbird, Thursday, 20 September , 2007 @ 3:46 pm
It makes me think:When has Hillary Clinton ever engaged in legitimate capitalism? When has she ever truly supported the military? When has she ever been truly concerned about peoples’ healthcare? She’s thinking that she would be an excellent President?
Oh, where’s the bourbon?