Kamala Harris kept campaign money from disgraced fundraiser (Norman Hsu)

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Democratic attorney general nominee Kamala Harris, whose campaign has criticized her Republican rival for keeping donations from a donor convicted of campaign finance fraud, has kept $1,250 from a donor found guilty of similar charges.

Disgraced political fundraiser Norman Hsu, a major contributor to the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and other Democratic candidates, made two contributions in 2006 to Harris, the San Francisco district attorney. The following year, it was revealed that Hsu had been a fugitive for 15 years on grand theft charges in San Mateo County.

Clinton returned $850,000 in contributions raised by Hsu for her presidential campaign, and other candidates also returned money when his past became known. A federal judge in New York sentenced Hsu last year to more than 24 years in prison for violating campaign finance laws and defrauding investors in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

Harris campaign spokesman Brian Brokaw said the district attorney wanted to donate Hsu's contributions to charity during her 2007 reelection campaign, but San Francisco law prohibits candidates from doing so during an active race.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cooley-harris-20100915,0,5486634.story

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1. Kamala, address this NOW.

I don't have any worries about Kamala's honesty, but she needs to get rid of this talking point immediately.

We CANNOT give Cooley one inch -- if he gets in, life in California will be even more unbearable.