First, there was a staffer of Hillary Clinton's facing charges of spying on a former associate. Then there was the story of money for pardons surfacing again in regards to Hillary's brother, Tony Rodham. Now, her former finance chair is facing indictment. And weren't Bill and Hill lecturing President Bush and Republicans about ethics this past week? Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former finance director has been indicted on charges of filing fictitious reports that misstated contributions for a Hollywood fund-raising gala for the senator, the Justice Department said Friday. The indictment, rare for a political campaign, was unsealed in Los Angeles charging David Rosen with four counts of filing false reports with the Federal Election Commission. The charges focus on an Aug. 12, 2000, dinner and concert supported by more than $1.1 million in "in-kind contributions" -- goods and services provided for free or below cost. The event was estimated to cost more than $1.2 million.
The FBI previously said in court papers that it had evidence the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on her campaign. The indictment charged that he provided some documents to an FEC compliance officer but withheld the true costs of the event and provided false documents to substantiate the lower figure.
In one instance, Rosen obtained and delivered a fraudulent invoice stating the cost of a concert associated with the gala was $200,000 when he know that figure was false, according to the indictment. The actual cost of the concert was more than $600,000.
Each of the four counts of making a false statement carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines upon conviction.
Hillary's defense is that her finance director, the guy who basically ran her treasury, was acting on his own and she knew nothing. You are telling me that this control freak knew nothing about what was going on? Do we really want Sgt. Shultz for President?
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