Surely Bozo will try to qualify the following as irrelevant garbage, or gesticulate and point his finger to others in hope of deflecting attention from his beloved Clinton.
He supposedly doesn't care much for the man and his foreign policy, but has yet to let people know for what reasons .
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DNC/Clinton/ Chinese Financing
On Feb. 13, 1997, The Washington Post reported that the Justice Department investigation into illegal Democrat fund-raising activities uncovered evidence that representatives of the People's Republic of China sought to direct contributions from foreign sources to the Democrat National Committee (DNC) before the 1996 presidential campaign. Sensitive intelligence information shows that the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., was used for planning contributions to the DNC.
•While John Huang worked as a senior Commerce Department political appointee and was privy to classified trade briefings, Huang regularly met and dined with Chinese Embassy officials. When Huang left the Commerce Department for the DNC to raise money in December 1995, Huang kept on hand the telephone numbers of at least 11 officials of the Chinese Embassy or consulates, as well as business cards of Chinese businessmen in mainland China. (source: The Boston Globe, 2/16/97)
•According to Commerce Department documents, Huang was cleared for top secret official information on Oct. 12, 1995, and was scheduled to receive an intelligence briefing from the CIA's liaison to Commerce. The day of the classified briefing, Huang took a taxi from the residence of the Chinese ambassador back to his office. Huang also called the Lippo Bank two more times within the next seven days. (source: The Boston Globe, 2/16/97)
•During Huang's 18 months at Commerce, he was scheduled to attend 37 intelligence briefings, including briefings on China, and saw more than two dozen intelligence reports. (source: The Washington Post, 2/13/97)
•The FBI obtained substantial evidence that top Communist Chinese government officials approved a scheme in 1995 attempting to buy influence with U.S. politicians and affect the 1996 elections. The Communist Chinese planned to spend nearly $2 million on the 1996 elections. (source: The Washington Post, 4/25/97)
•Former Clinton/Gore administration official and DNC fund-raiser John Huang has been accused of conveying "classified information" to the Asian conglomerate the Lippo Group. Rep. Gerald Solomon (R-N.Y.) claimed he is aware of electronically-gathered evidence verifying that Huang relayed the information. Solomon said, "I have received reports from government sources that say there are electronic intercepts which provide evidence confirming what I suspected all along, that John Huang committed economic espionage and breached our national security by passing classified information to his former employer, the Lippo Group." (source: Los Angeles Times, 6/13/97)
•At least $470,000 was wired from Macao developer Ng Lap Seng into a Washington bank account over a 10-month period in 1996. The account was controlled by Charlie Trie while Trie was raising money for the DNC. Ng routed the money through the Bank of China's offices in Macao and Hong Kong to Riggs Bank in Washington. (source: USA Today, 6/13/97)
•Investigators for the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee discovered records showing that a real estate holding company, run by Huang while he was working for the Lippo Group, was used to funnel money from Indonesia into U.S. election campaigns. The company, Hip Hing Holdings Ltd., part of the Lippo Group, received regular injections of foreign funds and gave about $79,000 in contributions. (source: The Washington Post, 7/7/97)
•Furthermore, Attorney General Janet Reno and the directors of the FBI, CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) told members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that they had credible intelligence information indicating that California businessman Ted Sioeng acted on behalf of China to influence U.S. elections with campaign contributions. (source: The Washington Post, 9/12/97)
•On Nov. 13, 1997, the FBI acknowledged overlooking key intelligence information gathered as far back as 1991 that investigators believe show further Chinese government efforts to buy political influence in the United States. The intelligence included evidence of the magnitude and means by which Beijing hoped to influence U.S. elections. It also showed links between the Chinese government and several U.S. citizens including Democrat fund-raiser Maria Hsia, who one senior official said was "doing the bidding" of Beijing as a Chinese agent. (source: The Washington Post, 11/14/97)
•Other records indicated that Antonio Pan, a Democrat fund-raiser, took $80,000 and gave it to volunteers to then contribute to the DNC. The money originated from the Bank of China and was controlled by DNC fund-raiser Charlie Trie. After the money was given to the volunteers, it was then sent to the DNC in the form of donations made by personal checks. (source: Los Angeles Times, 12/7/97)
•Findings by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee linked Clinton allies, Mochtar Riady and his son, James, who control the Lippo Group, to a Chinese Intelligence agency. The report was drawn from highly classified intelligence information supplied by both the CIA and the FBI that was not revealed during several months of public committee hearings. (source: The Washington Post, 2/10/98)
•On March 9, 1998, Johnny Chung appeared in court on conspiracy and tax fraud charges. His attorney said Chung would plead guilty. Chung reached a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors under which he would cooperate with the Justice Department's Campaign Finance Task Force, investigating if funds were illegally funneled into the Democrats' coffers in 1995-96 from China and other countries. A week later, on March 16, Chung pleaded guilty to bank fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy in connection with $20,000 in illegal contributions to the Clinton/Gore re-election campaign. (sources: St. Louis Dispatch, 3/10/98; The New York Times, 3/17/98)
•Johnny Chung told federal investigators that he funneled nearly $100,000 to Democrat causes, including $80,000 to the DNC, from Communist China's People's Liberation Army lieutenant colonel and aerospace executive, Liu Chao-ying, whose father was General Liu Huaquing. General Liu was then not only China's top military commander but also a member of the top leadership of the Communist Party. Chung's account, along with other supporting documents, is the first direct evidence obtained by the Justice Department that elements of the Communist Chinese Government made illegal contributions to the Democrat Party. (source: The New York Times, 5/15/98)
•On May 17, 1998, The New York Times reported that Johnny Chung claimed he took $300,000 from Communist Chinese Lt. Col. Liu Chao-ying -- $100,000 of which went to Democrat causes and the rest went to Chung's personal businesses. (source: The New York Times, 5/17/98)
•Johnny Chung told Justice Department investigators that top DNC officials knowingly solicited and accepted improper donations from him. Chung claimed that then-DNC Finance Director Richard Sullivan personally asked him for a $125,000 donation in April 1995 and took the money despite having previously voiced suspicions that Chung was acting as a conduit for illegal contributions from Chinese business executives. (source: The Washington Post, 6/20/98)
•The Washington Post reported on Sept. 21, 1998 that, according to testimony and records compiled by House Republican investigators, DNC fund-raiser Johnny Chung set up fake businesses in California with at least a half-dozen Chinese executives to make it easier for them to get U.S. visas. Chung brought most of the executives to fund-raisers for the Clinton/Gore 1996 re-election effort, which included lieutenant colonel Liu Chao-ying and Liu Bin, the offspring of two retired Communist Chinese generals. Chung set up "Marswell Investment Inc." on Liu's behalf on Aug. 9, 1996. Six days later, one of Chung's bank accounts received a $79,980 wire transfer from Hong Kong. Chung set up C.L. International with Liu Bin, who then wrote four bad checks totaling $220,000 on C.L. International's bank account from China. (source: The Washington Post, 9/21/98) |
