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To: eagleflight <eagleflt@thumb.net>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Algore paradise?
He has already submitted applications for
an upcoming lead role in the movie "Cyclops".
ALL GORE UGH!! ALL GORE UGH UGH!!
These are his only lines (First Amendment Protected).
/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://supremelaw.com
At 03:26 PM 9/4/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>From: Notliberal@aol.com
>>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 13:19:27 -0400 (EDT)
>>To: Notliberal@aol.com
>>Subject: Algore paradise?
>>
>>I have enclosed two articles regaurding Algore's abuses of office. Maybe
>>Algore will be impeached before Billery. -- Notliberal
>>
>>
>>More funds linked to Buddhist temple
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>By Mary Ann Akers
>>THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Vice President Al Gore attended at least four events, stretching back to
>>1993, in which Buddhist temple members gave illegal donations to the
>>Democratic National Committee, according to new evidence obtained by
>>Republican investigators.
>>. . . . In addition to the widely reported temple event attended by Mr. Gore
>>on April 29, 1996, which committee documents show raised at least $166,000
>>for the DNC, investigators plan to introduce evidence that the Hsi Lai
temple
>>gave another $60,000 in illegal donations to the DNC at various functions
>>attended by both the president and the vice president.
>>. . . . Mr. Gore's campaign practices and the temple's contributions will be
>>in the spotlight today as a Senate committee reconvenes hearings on
>>fund-raising abuses. Three nuns from the temple are scheduled to testify
>>under grants of immunity from prosecution about the money-funneling scheme.
>>. . . . Investigators say the new evidence will show that at one
>>vice-presidential event held at a law firm in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sept.
>>27, 1993, three individuals wrote checks totaling $5,000 to the DNC and were
>>reimbursed the same day by the temple. The DNC acknowledged the three
>>contributors with thank-you notes, according to documents obtained by the
>>Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.
>>. . . . It is against federal law to reimburse contributors for donations
>>made to political parties. It is also illegal for tax-exempt, religious
>>organizations to make political donations.
>>. . . . According to investigators, the temple also reimbursed contributors
>>for: $25,000 to the DNC raised at a Feb. 19, 1996, event at the Hay Adams
>>Hotel in Washington attended by Mr. Clinton; $5,000 to the party given at a
>>1995 event attended by both Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore; $10,000 to the DNC
>>given at a July 1996 event attended by Mr. Clinton; and $6,000 given to the
>>DNC at a Los Angeles event attended by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
>>. . . . In addition, investigators say the temple covered $5,000 donations
>>given to the campaigns of Sen. Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and
>>his son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Democrat. Those campaigns are
>>not DNC-related.
>>. . . . The 1993 event in Santa Monica was organized by Maria Hsia, an
>>immigration consultant and prominent political activist in the
Asian-American
>>community. On the same day, her confidant, John Huang, the elusive former
DNC
>>fund-raiser, also funneled $45,000 into Democratic coffers from his former
>>employer, the Indonesian-based conglomerate Lippo Group, sources close to
the
>>investigation said.
>>. . . . Both have asserted their Fifth Amendment rights not to testify
before
>>Congress about their involvement in the campaign finance scandal.
>>. . . . DNC officials said they were unaware of the new revelations, but
>>would take appropriate action if the donations were, in fact, illegal.
>>. . . . "As with all contributions, when new information is presented to us
>>we review it and take appropriate action if necessary," DNC spokesman Steve
>>Langdon said.
>>. . . . Today, three Buddhist nuns who attended the 1996 temple fund-raiser
>>are scheduled to testify: Man Ho, an assistant to the abyss of the
temple; Yi
>>Chu, the temple's financial officer who was responsible for collecting
$5,000
>>checks from 11 nuns who were then reimbursed by the temple; and Man Ya, one
>>of the so-called straw donors.
>>. . . . Two of the 11 nuns are not legal U.S. residents, a committee aide
>>said. Only American citizens or legal U.S. residents in are legally
permitted
>>to contribute to political campaigns.
>>. . . . The nuns told investigators in their depositions that Ms. Hsia told
>>the monastics that Mr. Huang was not satisfied with the amount of money
>>raised at the event and that he needed to "take $100,000 back to
Washington."
>>. . . . The day after the fund-raiser, the two organizers collected the
>>$55,000 from the 11 nuns, who were, in turn, reimbursed by the temple,
>>according to investigators.
>>. . . . David Strauss, who was deputy chief of Mr. Gore's staff in 1996, was
>>also scheduled to testify about what the vice president and his aides
knew in
>>advance about the event.
>>. . . . Mr. Gore has insisted he did not know the event was a DNC-sponsored
>>fund-raiser, but his aides have since acknowledged he was aware it was
>>"finance" related. The vice president originally said he believed the
session
>>was a "community outreach event" for Asian-Pacific Americans.
>>. . . . The vice president also has denied knowledge that any straw
donations
>>were made through the temple.
>>. . . . A Senate committee investigator said yesterday that there was no
>>"direct evidence" that Mr. Gore knew of the "money-laundering" scheme by the
>>temple.
>>. . . . Aides to Mr. Gore, positioning himself as the heir-apparent to Mr.
>>Clinton, yesterday rushed to stave off any damage to the vice president's
>>reputation. Unveiling scores of documents, they blamed the April 29 debacle
>>on poor staff work and bad communication.
>>. . . . The Senate investigators' new evidence was revealed one day after
new
>>questions arose about Mr. Gore's telephone solicitation of contributions.
The
>>DNC yesterday acknowledged that $120,000 of the money Gore raised in six of
>>the 46 calls from his office was assigned to the party's "hard-money"
>>account.
>>. . . . Accordingly, Mr. Langdon said yesterday the DNC would transfer
>>$120,000 to its "soft-money" fund, which is supposed to be used for
>>party-building activities and not to benefit specific candidates.
>>. . . . Neither the donors nor Mr. Gore was told that part of the
>>"soft-money" donations was placed in that separate account, which the party
>>can use to help candidates directly, Mr. Langdon said.
>>
>>Justice looking anew at probe of Gore
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>By Jerry Seper
>>THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>The Justice Department said yesterday it is considering opening a
preliminary
>>investigation to determine whether an independent counsel should be
appointed
>>to probe suspected illegal campaign solicitations by Vice President Al
Gore.
>>. . . . With a Senate committee expected to focus on Mr. Gore's fund-raising
>>activities, including 46 telephone calls he made from the White House during
>>the 1996 election, the department said it was "reviewing whether allegations
>>that the vice president illegally solicited campaign contributions on
federal
>>property should warrant a preliminary investigation under the Independent
>>Counsel Act."
>>. . . . If ordered, a 30-day preliminary probe would determine if there is
>>credible evidence, as required under the act. That could lead to a formal,
>>90-day criminal investigation and a recommendation by Attorney General Janet
>>Reno that an outside prosecutor is warranted.
>>. . . . Miss Reno, under increasing pressure from Republicans in the Senate
>>and House to appoint an outside prosecutor, had steadfastly refused to ask a
>>federal appeals court panel to name an independent counsel in the case. The
>>department's decision to re-examine its position is in stark contrast to
that
>>decision.
>>. . . . Justice Department spokesman Bert Brandenburg declined to elaborate
>>on the decision to review the accusations against Mr. Gore but warned
>>reporters that the department was "still a long way off" from seeking the
>>appointment of an independent counsel in the case. Any decision to seek
>>outside counsel would come after the 30-day and 90-day inquiries.
>>. . . . The Justice Department decision to look into the accusations follows
>>a letter yesterday to Miss Reno from the House Judiciary Committee, which
>>argued that evidence was mounting against Mr. Gore and had reached the level
>>requiring the appointment of an independent counsel.
>>. . . . "The American people must know whether their political institutions
>>serve their interests, and they must have complete confidence in the
>>investigation that answers that question," said the 25-page letter,
signed by
>>committee Republicans. "As your 1993 testimony on the re-authorization of
the
>>independent counsel statute indicates, you can only ensure that
confidence by
>>seeking an independent counsel."
>>. . . . The letter said there were "sufficient grounds" to investigate
>>accusations of campaign-finance abuses by President Clinton, Mr. Gore and
>>former Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary.
>>. . . . Mr. Gore, in a statement released by his office, said he had
>>"cooperated fully" with the Justice Department, "and of course we will
>>continue to do so. We remain confident that no law or regulation was
>>violated."
>>. . . . Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican and a member of the
>>Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which resumes hearings into
>>campaign-finance abuses today, said he believed the Justice Department
>>decision means an independent counsel will be appointed.
>>. . . . "It's pretty clear where it's going. I don't think Justice would
>>start this without being pretty certain where they're going," Mr. Specter
>>said, adding that it would be "pretty hard" for Miss Reno to now say there
>>was no basis for an independent counsel.
>>. . . . The committee, headed by Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, is
>>scheduled to probe Mr. Gore's role at an April 1996 fund-raising event at
the
>>Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, Calif. Panel members want to know what
>>the vice president knew when he went to the event and whether he
participated
>>in a cover-up to deny his involvement in the Buddhist temple's fund-raising
>>activities.
>>. . . . The Internal Revenue Service code prohibits charitable institutions
>>from being involved in political fund raising.
>>. . . . Scheduled witnesses today include three nuns from the temple who are
>>expected to acknowledge that they participated in a donor scheme to pass
>>contributions through the temple to the Democratic Party.
>>. . . . The White House and the Democratic National Committee, while denying
>>any wrongdoing by the vice president, acknowledged on Tuesday that Mr. Gore
>>had telephoned 46 potential donors from his White House office, raising
>>$120,000 from eight, that was placed in the DNC's federally restricted "hard
>>money" campaign accounts. It is illegal for government officials to solicit
>>hard-money campaign donations on federal property.
>>. . . . Previously, the White House and the DNC insisted the vice
president's
>>1996 money-raising activities -- including the fund-raiser at the Buddhist
>>temple -- involved only party-building "soft money" contributions that are
>>not subject to federal limitations.
>>. . . . A Justice Department task force appointed by Miss Reno has been
>>looking into campaign-finance abuses since last November. The task force now
>>numbers 90 FBI agents, lawyers and staff.
>>. . . . As the White House sought to protect the political future of the
>>Democratic presidential hopeful in 2000, aides to Mr. Gore said he would
>>reject any Senate request to testify about his role in the fund-raising
>>scandal or the California temple event.
>>. . . . "There is no reason for him to testify," said an administration
>>official. "There's no reason for him to go up there to a political circus."
>>. . . . Officials with the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee said it
>>appears unlikely they would force Mr. Gore to testify.
>>. . . . In an interview Tuesday, DNC spokeswoman Amy Weiss Tobe told The
>>Washington Post that $120,000 in campaign contributions solicited by Mr.
Gore
>>in 1995-96 went into a "hard money" account subject to federal election
>>limits. Miss Tobe said Mr. Gore solicited the funds for a soft-money account
>>not covered by federal law.
>>. . . . "The vice president was not aware that money was being designated
for
>>the federal [hard money] account," she said, adding that it was "routine
>>procedure" to assign the first $20,000 of a large donation to a hard-money
>>account and to put the rest in the soft-money account.
>>
>>
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