Sen. Clinton Linked To Embargo Scandal

[lligrd]

Source: UPI

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 24 (UPI) -- Public documents suggest Sen. Hillary Clinton had a close relationship with an Indonesian businessman charged with 86 counts of campaign finance violations.

The 11,046 pages of Clinton's activities while serving as first lady suggest she discussed the removal of a 30-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam with Indonesian businessman Mochtar Riady at a 1993 party honoring her as an "Arkansan of the Year," The Washington Times reported Monday.

Riady, a substantial donor to former President Bill Clinton's bid for the White House in 1992, reportedly sat at the head table with Hillary Clinton and was designated on the guest list as "giving large donation."

Riady discussed the embargo with Bill Clinton almost a week after the gala, and by that time had pledged a $3 million loan to the Clinton campaign in 1992.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/03/24/sen_clinton_linked_to_embargo_scandal/2038/

[Donnachaidh]

1. *3* TIMES you have to post this?n/t

[liberal N proud]

4. Twice one would understand is a mistake

But 3?

[lligrd]

5. Actually, That Was A DU Error nt

[Warpy]

2. Let's see, it was a donation to HIS campaign

because HERS was EIGHT YEARS away.

Good try, though.

[Richardo]

3. You had to go back 15 years for this news?

Congratulations.

[TwilightGardener]

9. The UPI story is dated today. It's from the WH papers released.

[catgirl]

12. K & R

All the Clinton's sleazy deals will keep oozing out.

[CountAllVotes]

14. sleazy is right

What is next Shillary? :spray:

:kick:

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. The embargo against Vietnamwas a disgrace

It should have been lifted years before.

[truthisfreedom]

7. No matter who you want in office, it's good for this stuff to come out now, not later.

Let's support our Democrats, okay?

[TwilightGardener]

8. So...was that a little quid pro quo?

[stillcool]

15. I think it's in here...

Riady discussed the embargo with Bill Clinton almost a week after the gala, and by that time had pledged a $3 million loan to the Clinton campaign in 1992.

Riady's banking firm, Lippo Group, opened offices in Vietnam six months after the party and Bill Clinton lifted the embargo in February 1994.

LippoBank California, a subsidiary of Lippo Group, pleaded guilty in 2001 to 86 charges its associates made illegal campaign contributions to Democrats from 1988 through 1994, the Times said.

James Riady, Mochtar's son, forked over more than $8 million in fines in 2001 for a charge of defrauding the U.S. government by violating election laws.

Hillary Clinton's campaign issued a response to the Times piece saying Mochtar Riady made a large donation in 1993 to the March of Dimes at the gala and the Democratic National Committee returned $1.6 million of his $3 million in contributions.

© 2008 United Press International. All Rights Reserved.

[jazzjunkysue]

10. Funny how Ken Starr could find this, with a money trail, and everything.

Guess he wasn't looking for legitimate abuses of power, just media smut.

[frog92969]

13. Couldn't set a precedent that would threaten a future Unitary.

[high density]

11. Is there any video of him saying "God Damn America?"

If not I don't think anybody will care.