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In
his December 22 letter, a copy of which you'll find below, Cohen also
noted that Hsu was already "notorious for his political activities" and
that it was "inevitable" that his
client's "connections" to Bill and Hillary Clinton "and other
democratic notables--including perhaps the president-elect--will be
introduced at trial." Before becoming a key fundraiser for
Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, Hsu co-hosted a 2005 California
fundraiser for Obama's political action committee and introduced the
Illinois Democrat to Marc Gorenberg, a Silicon Valley venture
capitalist who later joined the Obama campaign's national finance
committee. Prosecutors
allege that Hsu directed his investors to donate money to specific
candidates, and then reimbursed them in violation of federal campaign
laws. Unswayed by Cohen's argument, Marrero declined to delay the
trial, which will begin a week before Obama's inauguration. [The Smoking Gun]
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