Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Robert Gleason issued a press release today urging recipients of Gov. Ed Rendell's campaign donations to be wary of accepting money that can be traced back to Norman Hsu's friends and associates.
The reason this is relevant is that Rendell has millions of dollars left from his 2006 gubernatorial campaign and he plans to spend the money to help Democrats keep control of the state House of Representatives. Whatever is left can also help next year's presidential nominee, most likely Hillary Clinton.
Rendell announced Tuesday that he was donating $40,000 of Hsu money to Pennsylvania charities, but the governor may have much more tainted money in his war chest.
Here's the Gleason press release:
HARRISBURG — Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Robert A. Gleason Jr. again called on Gov. Ed Rendell to return all campaign donations that were bundled by donors who have a relationship with Norman Hsu.
"The Governor needs to identify and return all of the money that can be traced back to Norman Hsu," Gleason said. "When others in his Party voluntarily donated the money they received from Hsu or his conspirators weeks ago, the Governor instead chose to opine about how Hsu was one of the ten best people he has ever met. Why has the Governor been so slow to separate himself from a man that is currently incarcerated? The Governor owes it to Pennsylvania to rid himself of any money that can be traced back to Hsu.
"I also am at a loss as to why people in the media have failed to point out Gov. Ed Rendell’s relationship to shady donors and Sen. Hillary Clinton. It appears that both Gov. Rendell and Sen. Clinton have no qualms about taking money from a low-life as long as he signs the check."
"I ask Pennsylvanians to remain vigilant, and keep a close eye on the Governor as this election cycle proceeds, especially if he contributes to the campaign accounts of judicial and county courthouse candidates," Gleason continued. "Those candidates should not take contributions that could be traced back to a man who avoided justice the past 15 years."
Norman Hsu, described by the Governor as "one of the ten best people I've met," is a criminal who made millions of dollars scamming Americans while also serving as a big fundraiser for Sen. Clinton and the Democrat Party.
Reportedly, Hsu defrauded investors out of $1 million in a latex glove scam in 1989. Hsu plead no contest to the crime and skipped town before the sentencing. He remained a fugitive from California authorities for the last 15 years, despite the fact that he hosted many high-profile Democrat fundraisers around the state.
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