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EDITORIAL: The Case Of Norman Hsu ...(Editorial)

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)

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Sep. 24--Norman Hsu's spectacular rise and fall in the world of political fund-raising has been a major embarrassment for the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. But its ripple effects are also being felt widely in Democratic circles where Mr. Hsu's knack for "bundling" campaign contributions -- a legal if ethically fraught practice -- was admired and exploited.

If Jack Abramoff, the former Republican lobbyist who pleaded guilty last year to extortion and bribery, is a poster boy for special interests run amok on Capitol Hill, Mr. Hsu's story is about the ethical swamp that lies at the heart of privately financed national political campaigns.

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