Word: huang
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White House spokesman Mike McCurry is a genial guy. So maybe he was just being genial when he laughed off questions last week concerning the whereabouts of John Huang, the suddenly infamous former Democratic fund raiser. Huang, who steered cash to party coffers from the billionaire Riadys of Indonesia, had been out of sight for days. At a White House press briefing, McCurry danced around the problem. Why couldn't Huang meet with reporters? they asked. Too busy, McCurry said. Huang was preparing for a Federal Election Commission inquiry requested by the Clinton campaign. With a grin, McCurry added that...
...Gore claims to have been entirely unaware that an April luncheon he attended at a Buddhist temple in California was an illegal fund raiser. With a face as straight as only his can be, Gore said in a radio interview last week that he thought the function, organized by Huang and the D.N.C., was a "community-outreach" event. More observant guests, however, have said it was plain to them that what was reaching out was an open palm. Attendees included deep-pocketed members of the local Asian-American community. The D.N.C. says it collected...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The controversy over foreign donations to the Democratic Party deepened Thursday with the release of Secret Service logs showing that former Democratic fundraiser John Huang had attended 65 White House meetings, some of which lasted for hours. That the records show that Huang visited the White House much more often and for longer periods of time than previously acknowledged by the Clinton Administration only served to further raise questions about possible links between Huang's visits and subsequent donations from Asian sources. News of the visits prompted Republican demands that President Clinton explain just what Huang was doing...
...turn out in his favor. Weeks ago the campaign had more energy, and Dole was more angry, lashing out at the New York Times and so on." In recent days, Dole has tried to get some political traction over the issue of the President's relationship with John Huang, the former Democratic fundraiser who steered millions from the billionaire Riady family of Indonesia into Democratic coffers. Unfortunately for the GOP, Dole's persistent questioning of the Clinton Administration's ethical standards probably won't resonate with voters come election day. "Even the developing Democratic fundraising scandal won't effect voting...
Even before they heard Dole's feisty rhetoric, officials at the D.N.C. were spooked enough to go into damage control. On Friday they asked the Federal Election Commission to begin investigating the matter. Then they suspended John Huang, the maverick D.N.C. vice chairman who had not just drummed up Lee's contribution but made a Washington career out of raising small fortunes, $4 million to $5 million this year alone, from his network of Asian contacts. Two years ago, he made a smart landing at the Commerce Department, where, as a trade official, he cultivated a group of Asian businessmen...