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Byline: Michael Isikoff, Mark Hosenball And Evan Thomas; With Roya Wolverson, Sarah Elkins And Sally Lynch
The Hsu scandal sheds light on how -- and why -- pols bail each other out when the going gets tough.
It was Clinton-campaign standard operating procedure: when on the defensive, deflect and attack. Earlier this month, Hillary Clinton surrogates invited onto TV talk shows were issued "talking points" in anticipation of awkward questions about the mysterious Norman Hsu. A top "HillRaiser" -- someone who brings in more than $100,000 for the campaign -- Hsu was wanted on an arrest warrant for a 1991 fraud conviction in California. (After failing to show up for a court appearance earlier this month, he was later arrested by the FBI after falling ill and writing an apparent suicide note.) If asked how Hsu's criminal record could have slipped through the cracks in the campaign's vetting process for donors, the Clinton supporters were instructed to say they hadn't participated in the vetting. If pressed, they were told to take a none-too-subtle swipe at Clinton's chief rival. "Long before Hillary's presidential campaign took money...
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