Thursday, September 06, 2007

The Stench Goes On

How many other people who flee their sentencing and get recaptured get granted bail? Does California routinely let people post bond after having run out on it before? The Times doesn't ask those questions, and neither does their West Coast counterpart, the Los Angeles Times. Investigative journalists interested in how Hsu got sprung from custody might want to start asking those questions as well as how Hsu got his $2 million bail bond in the first place -- because what bondsman would consider him an acceptable risk?

Meanwhile, Hillary's keeping the bundled money that Hsu brought to her campaign:

The Clinton campaign has said it will give $23,000 in direct donations from Hsu to charity, but keep the money he bundled. Wolfson declined to release the names of bundled donors. He said that the campaign had not been contacted by the FBI about Hsu's fundraising.

I guess that Hillary and her campaign must really enjoy the stench attached to Hsu's cash, bundled or not.