Officials Will Return Donations from CA Fugitive

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

New Jersey Governor Corzine, U.S. Senator Lautenberg and the New Jersey Democratic Party all say they'll return money given to them by a top Democratic fundraiser who had been wanted as a fugitive in California.

Corzine and Lautenberg each received one thousand dollars from Norman Hsu, a New York apparel executive who turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge. A warrant was issued for his arrest after he skipped sentencing for a 1991 grand theft charge. The state Democratic Party has received $49,000 from Hsu since 2005.

New York Senator Hillary Clinton says she will return $23000 Hsu gave to her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee.

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