As Wall Street fund manager Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts
of criminal fraud in the largest investment Ponzi scheme in U.S.
history, prominent Democratic politicians apparently have no intention
of returning to Madoff's victims the more than $260,000 he contributed
almost entirely to Democratic Party campaigns since the Clinton
administration.
While the mainstream media have given considerable coverage to the
Madoff scandal, few reporters mention Madoff was a Democrat with a
history of thousands of dollars in contributions to Democratic Party
candidates.
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According to Federal Election Commission records, among Madoff's
dozens of contributions to Democrats were the following:
* Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.: $2,000 in 2002, $6,000 in 2004 and
another $2,000 in 1998;
* Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.: $1,000 in 2000
* House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo, presidential
campaign: $2,000 in 2003;
* Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.: $1,000 in 2001; $1,000 in 1998;
* Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.: $10,200 in 2007; $1,000 in 2004;
* Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.: $1,000 in 1999.
Madoff appears to have gotten around rules limiting campaign
contributions. For instance, he contributed not only to Schumer's
campaign but also to a group called "The Friends of Schumer."
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