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Chung Charges Truth-telling Prompted Democrat Retaliation
A Taiwanese-American businessman who visited the White House 57
times says that the Democratic National Committee urged a federal
judge to "throw the book" at him after he exposed the Clinton
administration's connection to the Chinese campaign cash scandal.
The explosive allegation was leveled by key Chinagate witness
Johnny Chung, who spoke last Saturday at a Pasadena, California
awards dinner held in his honor by Judicial Watch, a Washington
based public interest lawfirm.
Chung told the audience that he revealed all he knew to
government investigators, including his account of how he
personally handed Mrs. Clinton's then-chief of staff, Maggie
Williams, a check to help cover the Christmas entertainment bill
run up by the first lady.
But Chung's most compelling account was about the donation he
made to former Energy Department Secretary Hazel O'Leary.
Chung says that after he requested a meeting with the then-Energy
Secretary for representives of China's national oil company, he
was solicited inside the Energy Department by an O'Leary aide --
who indicated that such a meeting could be arranged after Chung
made a $25,000 donation to Africare, O'Leary's favorite charity.
Chung complied and his oil business contacts got their O'Leary
meeting. That evening he encountered her at a Washington
gathering. The Chinagate witness contends that the Energy
Secretary clearly understood his donation was part of a quid pro
quo, since she greeted him with the words, "Mr. Chung, that was a
good meeting this afternoon, right? Thank you, thank you."
"I made my $25,000 donation to Africare and I got my access,"
Chung told the Judicial Watch audience.
Then why was no independent counsel appointed to investigate the
Chung-O'Leary transaction? "Janet Reno, attorney general, said to
me, 'Thank you' is not evidence," Chung said.
The onetime White House VIP complained, "Since day one I have
fully cooperated with the (US) government...I say everything to
the government that I know already, but has anything come out to
the light yet? I haven't seen it."
Chung also described a 1996 meeting with DNC finance director
Richard Sullivan. "The moment I walk in, I see a lot of Asians.
Not Asian-Americans -- Asians; from China, from Taiwan, from
Korea. This is how money talks. I wonder why they contribute? I
wonder why they get to meet with president after he give his
acceptance speech to be nominated a second time?"
Chung repeatedly stressed his intent was to "tell the truth" but
says now that his honesty nearly landed him in jail.
Party officials, Chung claims, pushed for him to get the maximum
sentence for the crimes to which he pleaded guilty, which could
have put Chinagate's most significant cooperating witness behind
bars for 37 years and cost him $1.45 million in fines.
"When (the court) got ready to sentence me, the DNC wrote a
letter to my sentencing judge (Manuel) Real portraying themselves
as a victim. They were 'victimized' by Johnny Chung. So they
asked the judge to throw the book at my face."
Chung described Judge Real as "tough judge", a Lyndon Johnson
appointee, but one who wouldn't bend to the DNC's heavy-handed
tactics. "He throw the book out."
Because of his cooperation with investigators, the former DNC
donor was sentenced by Judge Real to just five years probation.
At the sentencing, Judge Real questioned Attorney General Reno's
decision not to appoint an independent counsel and had harsh
words for top DNC officials, Sullivan and Don Fowler, both of
whom claimed to be ignorant of any wrongdoing. "They must be two
of the dumbest politicians I've ever seen," said Real, if, in
truth, they didn't know that Chung's donations were illegal.
As for the recipients of Chung's campaign cash, such as O'Leary
and the first lady, Judge Real said, "It's very strange that the
giver pleads guilty and the givee gets off free."
Don't miss Johnny Chung's full speech, scheduled to be televised
on C-Span tonight, Saturday, Oct. 30 at 9:45 PM EDT and again,
three hours later, at 12:45 AM EDT.
Correction: During his Judicial Watch address Chung thanked
members of the FBI's Los Angeles Counterintelligence Group for
protecting his life after he turned state's evidence. Sources
familar with Chung's security arrangements confirmed on Friday
that he was protected by armed bodyguards during the event but
indicated that those guards were not members of the FBI, as
previously reported.
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