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.
