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There are more developments in the Hillary Clinton campaign fundraising scandal. Norman Hsu, the fugitive turned apparel entrepreneur turned Democratic fundraiser is finally in jail.  However, not before leading authorities on a strange and sad wild goose chase.  On September 5, Hsu failed to show up to court in San Mateo County, California, (again) to face sentencing for a 1991 fraud charge.

Hillary Clinton Campaign Fundraising Scandal With Norman Hsu

The next day, Hsu sent a suicide note to friends and charitable organizations before boarding an Amtrak train bound for Chicago.  After failing to emerge from his economy class sleeper cabin, Amtrak employees forced open the door with a crow bar and found Hsu disoriented and “huddled in the fetal position” on the floor.  One witness reported seeing a bunch of pills rolling around on the ground in the cabin.

Hsu was released Thursday from a hospital in Mesa County, Colorado, and participated in a court hearing that afternoon.  A separate extradition hearing will follow.  Senator Clinton, meanwhile, says she will return a record $850,000 Hsu raised for her presidential campaign.  But the Clinton gang can’t do anything straight.  This according to The New York Times:

“The campaign is refunding $850,000 to these donors, viewing the money as tainted.  Yet the campaign is also risking another public relations mess by saying that it would take back the money if it clearly came from the donor’s bank account, not from Mr. Hsu or another source.  The risk is that Mrs. Clinton will appear to want more cash no matter whether it was once colored by a disgraced donor.”

And in a story entitled “Clinton May Revisit Donors Whose Funds Were Returned,” The Washington Post reports that Mrs. Clinton said “I believe that the vast majority of those 200-plus donors are perfectly capable of making up their own minds about what they will or won't do going forward."  So Clinton is going to essentially “refund” Hsu-connected contributions and work to see that the money gets laundered back to her through tainted donors’ bank accounts?  This is shameless and shows once again that Hillary has little concern for the law if gets in the way of cash for her quests for power.

Another big lie was also burst this week, that her campaign had no idea that Hsu was trouble.  According the Los Angeles Times, the Clinton campaign was warned repeatedly that Hsu was allegedly involved in a Ponzi scheme.  The LA Times reported the Clinton camp response to one of the warnings:

“I can tell you with 100 certainty that Norman Hsu is NOT involved in a Ponzi scheme,” wrote Samantha Wolf, who was a (Clinton) campaign finance director for the Western states.  “He is COMPLETELY legit.”

Completely legit, 100% certain…  Hsu now faces federal and state investigations into two more fraud schemes (in addition to the one he pled guilty to many years ago).  I hope investigators ask Mrs. Clinton and her campaign exactly what they knew about Hsu’s scams (alleged and admitted) and when.  To date, the Justice Department and other prosecutors have been afraid to confront the Clinton machine directly.  The Hsu scandal is another opportunity to show the Clintons that they are not above the law.