Sen. Claire McCaskill's press office quickly responded to an article we posted from The Politico about the junior Senator's relationship with disgraced donor Norman Hsu.
From the piece:
"At Hsu’s urging, he last year gave his first federal political contribution on record: $1,000 to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)."
"Hsu “suggested that a candidate needs support [in] a tough fight against Republicans,” he said of the pitch on behalf of McCaskill. Her office didn’t return a request for comment."
The McCaskill camp tells the KY3 Political Notebook it was never contacted by The Politico for comment about the story, and noted McCaskill never "took a dime" from Hsu.
“It was embarrassing to discover that we’d received contributions associated with Norman Hsu. By the time we looked into the extent of the network of people associated with him, the total amounted to $32,620 in contributions. We have donated the contributions to several charities. The most sizable donation was a group called “Honor Tour” that sends World War II veterans to Washington to visit the WWII Memorial and other sights of the city. As the daughter of a WWII vet, Claire was pleased to help this group," said spokesperson Adrianne Marsh.
Marsh confirmed that McCaskill has met Hsu, but did not elaborate when or where she met the him.
1 comment:
This makes you wonder how much dirty money they all have taken. If the press doesn't stay after this it will only get worse. I'm not one for more government, however it would make sense to have an independent agency clear these donations. It could be financed by withholding a small percentage. I doubt if there would be many illegal aliens donating if legal status was enforced.
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