Friday, September 21, 2007

No Bail for Heterosexual Hillary Clinton's Fundraiser Norman Hsu

Hillary Clinton news:

Democratic fundraiser held in Calif.

Fallen Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was ordered held without bail Friday, and his attorney attacked the FBI for allegedly extracting a confession while the convicted swindler was hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt.

Hsu appeared briefly in San Mateo Superior Court on a 15-year-old grand theft conviction, one day after federal authorities charged him in New York with bilking investors out of $60 million. Investigators say he donated some of that money to numerous Democratic candidates and causes over the past several years.

Hsu did not speak while his attorney asked a judge to return the $2 million Hsu had posted as bail before skipping a court date earlier this month. The judge told attorney Jim Brosnahan to file formal court papers and scheduled Hsu's next court appearance for Sept. 21.

Deputy Attorney General Ron Smetana said prosecutors would oppose the return of the money.

"If the federal charges are correct, then the money is stolen," Smetana said outside court. "It would be inappropriate to return it to Mr. Hsu."

More Hillary Clinton news:
Hillary Clinton: I'm not a lesbian

During an interview with The Advocate to be published next week, Sean Kennedy, the gay magazine's news and features editor, asked the presidential candidate, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?"

"People say a lot of things about me, so I really don't pay any attention to it," Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) replied.

"It's not true, but it is something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say."

Kennedy told the Daily News he's convinced. "I 100% believe she's a straight, heterosexual woman," he said.

Sometimes a pantsuit is just a pantsuit.

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