Norman Hsu Watch: Fugitive Democrat Donor Hsu Captured in Colorado
Norman Hsu, right, prepares to surrender as he arrives with spokesman Jason Booth, center, and attorney Somnath Raj Chatterjee, left, at a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. Hsu, a top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California, turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge. After reports surfaced this week of Hsu’s fugitive status in California, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D-NY) joined other candidates in returning thousands of dollars Hsu raised. Hsu was arrested in a Colorado hospital late Thursday Sept. 6, 2007 after he failed to show up for a court appearance related to a felony theft conviction in California.
The FBI has arrested convicted felon and Democrat fundraising BUNDLER Norman Hsu.
Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing for a 1992 fraud conviction, was apprehended Thursday night by federal and local lawmen in Grand Junction, Colo.
Authorities said Hsu was taken into custody at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction at 7 p.m. local time. He had been on the lam for almost two days after failing to appear in a Redwood City courtroom Wednesday to surrender his passport.
Hsu was taken off a passenger train at the Grand Junction train station earlier in the day by paramedics who requested a backboard to move him, said Sgt. Lonnie Chavez with the Grand Junction Police Department.
Authorities received a request for medical assistance at the train station at about 11:15 a.m., but the exact nature of Hsu’s condition was unclear, Chavez said. Staff at St. Mary’s Hospital declined to comment.
FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler said Hsu will be returned to California on the 1992 conviction once released from the hospital.
Norman Hsu, a convicted felon fugitive and Democrat Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton
And the extent of Hsu’s donations to Democrats and the Democrat supported causes is now meeting more intense scrutiny.
In the past four years, Hsu raised more than $1.2 million for Democratic causes and candidates, including the DNC and the campaign of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer. And in the past six months, Hsu became a leading fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). A person familiar with Clinton’s fundraising, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Hsu had raised “in the hundreds of thousands of dollars” since January for Clinton’s presidential bid.
Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign has announced it would donate to charity the $23,000 in direct contributions Hsu made to Clinton’s presidential campaign, her Senate reelection bid and her political action committee. The campaign does not plan to return any money Hsu raised from other donors.
And, as of five minutes ago, Norman Hsu is still listed as a HILLRAISER.
So, when will Hillary and Howard Dean, Democrat National Committee Chairman give a thorough accounting of Hsu’s “BUNDLING” activities and return ALL of the money?
Don’t bet it being anytime soon…….
Stay tuned.
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