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‘Jake, This Is Chinatown . . .’
BY Sarah Laskow | November 01, 2007
The Justice Department may be probing political fund-raising activities in New York’s Chinatown in the wake of a story in the Los Angeles Times about Democrat Hillary Clinton’s numerous donors there. The Associated Press reports that at least one of Clinton’s Chinatown donors, Hsiao Yen Wang, has been asked by criminal investigators if her donation was voluntary. The Justice Department declined to comment.
Out and In
BY Josh Israel | October 26, 2007
Robert Farmer, the powerhouse Democratic fundraiser, is leaving Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Hillary Clinton’s, the Associated Press reports. Farmer, who was a top fundraiser for Bill Clinton in 1992, reportedly angered higher-ups in Hillary Clinton’s campaign when he signed on to Obama’s national finance committee in January.
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