Hillary Clinton raised big bucks at a Chinatown fund-raiser from donors who listed seemingly modest-paying jobs on contributor forms, prompting an angry exchange between John Edwards’ campaign and Team Clinton.The flap came after the Los Angeles Times reported people holding jobs such as dishwasher, server or chef made donations ranging from $500 to $2,300.The newspaper said it could not find one-third of the donors using property, telephone or business records.By mid-afternoon, David Bonior, Edwards’ campaign manager, issued a statement that “many Clinton campaign contributions are raising eyebrows again.”Howard Wolfson, a top Clinton adviser, said the campaign does not “ethnically profile donors.”
He acknowledged the campaign flagged a number of questionable donations based on occupations and amounts. It returned $7,000 it couldn’t confirm was legally given, he said.
As for the Edwards rebuke, Wolfson replied, “If Mr. Edwards is so concerned about campaign finance reform, he should give back the contributions he got from Geoffrey Fieger.”
In August, Fieger was indicted on charges of conspiring to make more than $125,000 in illegal donations to Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign. Team Edwards said it will give the money to charity if Fieger is convicted.
New York Daily News 10/20/07
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