Time: Thu Jul 24 06:21:19 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA15214 for [address in tool bar]; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 06:18:59 -0700 (MST) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA08816; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 06:16:43 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 06:16:12 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: RNC / Democrats' Dirty Money Scandal (fwd) <snip> > >RNC Talking Points > >July 21, 1997 > >The Democrats' Dirty Money Scandal > >The Senate hearings investigating the campaign finance abuses of >Bill Clinton, Albert Gore and the Democrat National Committee >(DNC) are now into their second week. Not surprisingly, the >Democrats are desperately trying to "spin" their way out of the >brewing fund-raising scandals now surrounding their party. They >blame the current system for their dirty-money scandals. They >claim "everybody does it." They are wrong. Make no mistake about >it - Bill Clinton, Albert Gore and the Democrat Party are the >subject of a bipartisan investigation, but this is by no means a >bipartisan scandal. > >1) If the fund-raising practices of the Democrat Party are so >commonplace, then why has evidence surfaced linking Bill Clinton's >"longtime friend" John Huang to illegal foreign contributions and >raised questions of espionage on behalf of communist China? > >* John Huang was a former senior executive for the Lippo Group, an >international financial conglomerate with extensive business >dealings in communist China - including a company that serves as >an agent of espionage for the communist Chinese government. >Within a month after Clinton secured the presidential nomination >in 1992, Huang laundered $50,000 from Lippo's headquarters in >Indonesia through a shell company to the DNC. Clinton then >arranged for Huang to work with former DNC Chairman Ron Brown at >Clinton's Commerce Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for >International Economics. (The Washington Post, 10/26/96, The New >York Times, 4/24/97, columnist William Saffire, The New York >Times, 10/7/96, and Associated Press, 7/15/97) > >* Huang was promptly given a "top secret" security clearance in >January 1994 -nearly six months before leaving Lippo Group to work >at the Commerce Department. Huang kept this security clearance >until December 1996 - nearly a full year after leaving Commerce >and while he was working as a top fund-raiser for the DNC. (Los >Angeles Times, 6/17/97 and 7/8/97) > >* Huang received more than 35 CIA intelligence briefings on Asia >while at Commerce, and had access to sensitive, raw intelligence >data. In fact, John Dickerson, CIA liaison to Commerce, revealed >Huang was likely shown as many as 550 raw intelligence reports. >Investigators have recently discovered that Huang kept at least 10 >"secret" intelligence documents in his office at the Commerce >Department. Huang made more than 400 phone calls to the Lippo >Group while he was working at Commerce. (Los Angeles Times, >6/17/97, 7/8/97 and 7/16/97, and Associated Press, 7/16/97) > >* In 1995 Bill Clinton himself took a personal interest in >transferring his "longtime friend" John Huang from Commerce to the >DNC. While at the DNC Huang arranged a number of fund-raisers >resulting in $3.4 million in suspicious and improper contributions >to the Democrat Party - $1.6 million of which has already had to >be returned by the DNC. (The New York Times, 7/7/97 and columnist >William Saffire, The New York Times, 10/7/96) > >* Huang is now exercising his Fifth Amendment right against self- >incrimination, and is seeking immunity from prosecution in >exchange for his cooperation with the ongoing congressional >investigation. (USA Today, 2/21/97 and The Washington Post, >7/9/97) > >2) If Bill Clinton and Albert Gore really did nothing wrong, then >why are they stonewalling investigators rather than demanding that >their "longtime friends" cooperate fully with the congressional >investigations and be held accountable? Where is their outrage? > >* The silence of Bill Clinton and Albert Gore is deafening. > >* They have refused to help locate Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung or >Pauline Kanchanalak. > >* They have refused to call upon "longtime friend" John Huang to >tell investigators everything he knows. > >* They have even refused to tell their own lawyers to fully >cooperate - not stonewall - the current investigations. > >3) If "everybody does it," as the Democrats claim, then why is it >that only Democrat witnesses are hiding in foreign countries, >taking the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer questions, and >asking for immunity? > >* Charlie Trie has allegedly funneled hundreds of thousands of >dollars from foreign accounts at the Bank of China to the Democrat >Party. He attempted to deliver more than $600,000 in suspicious >checks to Clinton's legal defense fund, and appeared at Clinton's >birthday-party fund-raiser in August 1996 with a $100,000 >contribution. Trie arranged for an alleged Chinese arms dealer - >whose company, Poly Technologies, Inc., is owned and operated by >the Chinese government's People's Liberation Army - to attend a >White House coffee with Bill Clinton. Charlie Trie has fled the >country and is hiding out in China. (The Washington Post, >12/18/96, The New York Times, 12/21/96 and The Wall Street >Journal, 7/7/97) > >* Johnny Chung has contributed more than $360,000 to the Democrats >and visited the White House at least 50 times. After meeting with >then-DNC Chairman Don Fowler, Chung and six Chinese businessmen >were invited to attend one of Bill Clinton's Saturday radio >addresses. While in the White House, Chung presented Hillary >Clinton's top aide, Maggie Williams, with a donation in the amount >of $50,000 for the Democrat Party. Johnny Chung has refused to >comply with congressional subpoenas. (The Washington Post, >2/15/97, The New York Times, 2/25/97, Time, 3/3/97, The Washington >Post, 3/6/97 and The Wall Street Journal, 7/7/97) > >* Pauline Kanchanalak has allegedly channeled more than $500,000 >to the Democrat Party. She has visited the White House 26 times >since Clinton took office, and even organized a coffee at which >Clinton and senior officials from the Foreign Ministry of Thailand >discussed U.S. policy toward China. Pauline Kanchanalak has fled >the country. (Chicago Tribune, 12/27/96, The New York Times, >2/9/97, Associated Press, 2/28/97, and The Wall Street Journal, >7/7/97) > >* Former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell and former >White House aide Mark Middleton are both claiming their Fifth >Amendment right against self-incrimination with regard to the >investigations of the Democrats' illegal fund raising. >(Associated Press, 2/28/97) > >* Unlike the Democrats, Republican officials are voluntarily >appearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee to >fully cooperate with their investigation. > >4) The fact is, in their zeal to win the 1996 election the >Democrats were not only willing to open up our political process >to Chinese influence, they were also willing to politicize the >executive branch of the government, using the White House itself >to help them stay in power. > >"The president does not like sitting around the White House. He >likes campaigning." > -- then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, The >Washington Post, 9/18/96 > >* As was mentioned earlier, Bill Clinton himself took a special >interest in getting John Huang employed as a fund-raiser at the >DNC. Clinton even approached the DNC's Finance Chairman, Marvin >Rosen, to ask whether Huang would be hired by the DNC, saying >Huang had come "highly recommended." Five days after Clinton >spoke with Rosen, Huang accepted a fund-raising position at the >DNC. Two months before Clinton approached Rosen, the White House >had been in contact with the DNC to push for Huang's employment as >a DNC fund-raiser. (The New York Times, 7/7/97) > >* John Huang organized the now infamous fund-raiser held at a >Buddhist temple that was headlined by Albert Gore and attended by >monks and nuns who have taken a vow of poverty. This fund-raiser >resulted in $140,000 in contributions to the DNC. One woman >attending the Buddhist temple fund-raiser has claimed she was >approached by an individual who gave her $5,000 in cash and then >told her to write a check to the DNC for the same amount. (The >Wall Street Journal, 10/17/96) The temple's leaders have >allegedly reimbursed many donors who attended the fund-raiser to >the tune of $83,000. (The Wall Street Journal, 6/17/97) > >* The White House told the FBI to hand over information about the >government's investigation into whether the Chinese government >funneled contributions to the Democrat Party or the Clinton/Gore >campaign - but FBI director Louis Freeh refused to do so. (Los >Angeles Times, 3/25/97) > >* Bill Clinton himself personally reviewed "mind-numbing campaign >budget minutia on a weekly, and sometimes daily, basis." Also, >then-Deputy White House Chief of Staff Harold Ickes "personally >controlled DNC affairs from the White House." (The Washington >Post, 4/3/97) > >* Bill Clinton knew the DNC planned to engage in activities that >would cross the line into violations. When Clinton read a memo >from Harold Ickes specifying the DNC would set aside $1.5 million >for audit costs and $1 million for fines from the Federal Election >Commission, Clinton wrote the word "Ugh!" in the margin. (The >Washington Post, 4/3/97) > >* Bill Clinton invited more than 300 donors to the Democrat Party >to stay in the Lincoln Bedroom in exchange for campaign >contributions. Clinton wrote on a memo suggesting the scheme that >he was "ready to start overnights right away," and that the >Democrats should give access to those donors giving "$100,000 or >more, $50,000 or more." (The Washington Post, 2/26/97 and The New >York Times, 2/26/97 and 4/3/97) > >* Bill Clinton and Albert Gore headlined more than 100 "coffees" >at the White House that netted the Democrats a staggering $27 >million in contributions and invited federal regulators to these >cozy gatherings with big donors they are supposed to regulate. >These fundraising events were "routinely budgeted to raise >$400,000." (The New York Times, 4/3/97 and 2/26/97, and The >Washington Post, 1/25/97) > >* A hand-written note by senior White House aide David Strauss >confirms Clinton was dialing for dollars from the White House - a >practice that is against the law - raising at least one-half >million dollars in the process. (The Washington Post, 6/27/97) > >* Albert Gore admitted he personally made phone calls from his >White House office to shake down Democrat donors for contributions >to the Democrat Party. The law forbids fund-raising on federal >property. (White House press conference, 3/3/97 and The >Washington Post, 3/4/97) > >* Former Clinton White House aide Mark Middleton traveled to >Taiwan to raise large sums of money for Clinton's re-election. >While in Taiwan, Middleton passed out official White House >business cards listing a taxpayer-funded White House phone number >where he could be reached - even though he was no longer working >in the White House. (The New York Times, 10/31/96) > >* Clinton personally re-wrote scripts for the DNC's television >advertisements, for which the illegal foreign contributions were >solicited in the first place. (Bob Woodward's The Choice and >Business Week, 7/22/96) > >* In the summer of 1995 the White House was criticized for >pressuring federal employees to contribute to the Clinton/Gore re- >election campaign as a result of a memorandum written on official >White House letterhead by then-White House Counsel Abner Mikva. >(White House memorandum from Abner Mikva, 5/2/95) > >* Bill Clinton's political operatives established an unprecedented >media-control operation inside the White House counsel's office - >a 'war room' - that was led by White House counsels Mark Fabiani >and Bruce Lindsey as well as adviser George Stephanopolous. (The >Washington Times, 1/12/97) > >* The White House directed the Environmental Protection Agency >(EPA) last year to dispatch taxpayer-paid government employees to >organize Earth Day events critical of Republican environmental >policies in cities represented by House Republicans. (The >Washington Post, 4/3/96) > >* Jesse Brown, Secretary of Clinton/Gore's Department of Veterans >Affairs, used his department's computers to send e-mail messages >criticizing Congress to government employees, and even had >messages critical of the Republican Party printed on the reverse >of employees' paychecks. (The Washington Times, 11/7/95) > >5) Bill Clinton and the Democrats blame the system for their >fundraising abuses. They repeatedly call for campaign finance >reform and a ban "soft money," but they still participate in >fundraisers to rake in more and more campaign cash. > >* All told, Bill Clinton has attended at least 20 fat-cat >fundraisers for the DNC and other Democrats this year, raking in >at least $17.5 million in campaign cash. > >* The same month Bill Clinton asked the Federal Election Committee >to ban so-called "soft money," Clinton and Albert Gore attended a >DNC fundraiser where they made personal appeals to 40 fat cat >Democrat donors asking them to raise $250,000 each for the DNC >during the next two years. (The Washington Post, 6/4/97 and The >New York Times, 6/11/97) > >* Last weekend a dozen top Democrats - including two Senators now >investigating their party's fundraising abuses, Sens. Bob >Torricelli of New Jersey and Max Cleland of Georgia - attended a >fundraiser in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to raise money for the >Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee. Torricelli traveled there >aboard a corporate jet. Nearly 200 people attended and were >expected to give $20,000 each. (The New York Times, 7/14/97) > >Bill Clinton, Albert Gore and the Democrat National Committee are >faced with very grave allegations, yet they are trying to sweep >their illegal fundraising practices under the rug by claiming >"everybody does it," then self-righteously calling for campaign >finance reforms. Changing the current laws will not prevent >future scandals like this Democrat Party scandal - after all, the >Democrats cannot even obey the laws that are on the books now. No >matter what the Democrats may say, everyone does not do it - the >Democrats are certainly the subject of a bipartisan investigation, >but this is not a bipartisan scandal. It is time for the >Democrats to take these scandals and this investigation seriously. >The American people deserve to know the truth. > >(Visit http://www.rnc.org for the latest news and information) > > >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT > (=F4=BF=F4) Dean Howard Stanton (=F4=BF=F4) >mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >subscribe: mailto:deanstan@cybertron.com >home page: http://www.cybertron.com/~standean/ >voice email: http://www.vocaltec.com >www pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/127748 >mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >------- >To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message >UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. 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