| 1/2/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS - biweekly DNC report - re end of '95.
Lists 3 POTUS coffees @ $400,000 each. Has the stamp "President has seen." |
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| 1/2/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS et all - re proposed DNC '96 budget. |
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| 1/5/96 | Fundraising WH tapes feature DNC lunch at which Clinton talks more
about ads, money. |
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| 1/5/96 | Fundraising POTUS fundraiser in DC, projected take $400,000 &
$150,000 for State party (Texas). |
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| 1/8/96 | DNC Cover memo from Stern/Caplan to POTUS - presenting
assorted others - including proposed '96 DNC budget, financial status, etc. On
cover POTUS wrote "Let's discuss." |
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| 1/10/96 | Ickes Memo to VP & POTUS re DNC operating & media
budgets. Clinton's written response "We need to discuss this." |
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| 1/12/96 | Fundraiser Nashville fundraiser with POTUS & VPOTUS - projected
revenue $150,000. |
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| 1/17/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 1/17/96 | DNC Memo for DNC staff re "Relation of DNC to
Re-Election Campaign." It goes to some lengths to say ads CAN support
President's positions and record - as long as specific candidate isn't
mentioned. On the other hand "The DNC cannot pay for, or pay for the
distribution of, Clinton/Gore bumper stickers, campaign literature,
posters...." |
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| 1/19/96 | Fundraising Evelyn Leiberman writes to Leon Panetta & Ickes re:
adding more coffees to POTUS schedule and notes they may have to curtail
briefing sessions with POTUS on other things to make room for all the
fundraising. |
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| 1/25/96 | COFFEE WH tapes feature White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS. Includes Ickes
& Clinton walking, talking in hall before the event. |
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| 1/26/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 1/29/96 | Trie Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie attended a DNC Finance
Board of Directors luncheon at the White House with POTUS. |
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| 1/29/96 | Fundraising WH Tapes feature extensive coverage of DNC Dinner at
Hay-Adams. Rosen thanks everyone for help re $ for ads. Clinton talks more
about the ads. "We run it in the areas with the largest numbers of persuadable
voters given the money that we can afford to pay. And it has added not quite
50%. I'd say a third of the lead that we have over the Republicans on any
given issue - if you see these polls, about a third of it is due to the media
campaign..." |
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| 1/30/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS. |
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| 1/31/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP re DNC estimated '96 budget. |
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| 2/5/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS |
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| 2/6/96 | Trie On or about 2/6, Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie requested the
DNC to arrange a private tour of the White House for Trie and two
associates. |
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| 2/6/96 | Trie Trie and a business associate attended a DNC coffee at
the White House with the POTUS. The business associate was Wang Jun, arms
dealer and head of PolyTechnologies, and son of the late Wang Zing, state VP of
China. |
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| 2/6/96 | TV Memo from Klain to VP Gore in preparation for his
weekly meeting with POTUS notes, "As you know, we are about to be forced off
the air by lack of funds at the DNC." |
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| 2/7/96 | Ickes Memo from Ickes to POTUS lists 10 people who Marvin
Rosen thinks will respond favorably to personal call for money by POTUS. Stamp
notes "The President has seen." Accompanying call sheets make it very clear
POTUS knew this DNC $ was going to be used for his campaign. |
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| 2/8/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show DNC dinner at WH. This is the night
Telecom bill is signed. Clinton talks about it, and about the ads. |
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| 2/9/96 | Ickes to POTUS re DNC major donor fundraising events &
requests. |
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| 2/9/96 | Ickes Harold Ickes writes another memo to Clinton and Gore,
saying DNC finance chairman Marvin Rosen was confident that they could raise
$125 million during the first ten months of 1996. |
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| 2/12/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 2/13/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 2/14/96 | Trie On or about 2/14/96 an individual caused a wire in
the amount of $150,000 from San Kin Yip Holdings Co. Ltd, Bank of China, Hong
Kong Branch, into the bank account of Trie and a business associate
from Macao at Riggs Bank in DC. |
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| 2/19/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes feature Clinton speaking at DNC Business
Council gathering (probably luncheon). Thanks Alan Solomont "for coming back
on vacation for the trip to Florida and then up here." [sic] |
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| 2/19/96 | Trie Two individuals wrote checks made payable to the
DNC in the amounts of $12,500 from their personal bank accounts in California
at the direction of Trie, for which they were later reimbursed by Antonio Pan. |
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| 2/19/96 | Huang Trie and Pan, and a business associate from Macao,
attended a DNC fundraising dinner with POTUS at Hay- Adams Hotel. This was
John Huang's first big fundraiser after his move to DNC and was considered a
success. |
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| 2/20/96 | Trie Trie and Pan and a business associate from Macau,
attended a DNC breakfast meeting with VPOTUS at the Hay-Adams Hotel in
DC. |
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| 2/20/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS, attended by four
Indian tribes. |
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| 2/21/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 2/21/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show DNC dinner at Hay-Adams. Clinton talks
about the ads. |
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| 2/22/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP re DNC funds. "Until the
amounts of non-federal individuals funds are replenished, the DNC cannot buy
media time." |
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| 2/22/96 | Morris/TV At WH strategy meeting, Morris warns participants,
"failure to advertise, is once again catching up with us." He again makes
explicit the lack of dividing line between DNC & CG media efforts: "[I]f
Dole is nominated, we need no additional CG $ for media before May 28 since we
can attack Dole with DNC $." |
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| 2/22/96 | Pan Antonio Pan opened a bank account in his name at the
Amer-Asia Bank in Flushing, NY. At that time, Pan deposited $25,200
cash, and immediately purchased 5 cashier checks in the amount of $5k each made
payable to Pan & Trie. |
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| 2/22/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 2/26/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 2/27/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP re budgets for re-election
effort and how much time they can devote to fundraising. Includes a
Jan-October list of coffees & other fundraising plans. |
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| 2/28/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 2/29/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. Includes
Clinton reviewing the guests with briefer before walking in. Also cracking a
joke as he sits down "You guys rewrite the farm bill?" Laughter... |
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| 2/29/96 | Trie Trie caused his wife to write a check on the account of
Daihatsu at First Commercial Bank in Little Rock, AR to the DNC in the amount
of $12,500 for Trie's attendance at the 2/19/96 Hay-Adams Hotel
dinner. |
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| 3/1/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 3/4/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes of POTUS at DNC dinner at private home in
Michigan. Clinton talks about the media effort. |
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| 3/5/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/5/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or POTUS. |
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| 3/6/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/6/96 | Morris Morris Memo # 17 - more money pressure. |
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| 3/7/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or Mrs. Gore. |
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| 3/7/96 | POTUS Fax from DNC to Karen Hancox - with call sheets for Prez.
Including one for Bronfman & one for Bernie Schwartz. |
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| 3/9/96 | Fundraiser WH Tapes of Clinton at reception at private home of the
McFarland's. Clinton thanks people for their money, speaks of the need to keep
up with GOP spending. "We need you to help us. This is a huge election for
America. Huge...." |
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| 3/11/96 | Trie Trie executed a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report in conjunction with his nomination to the Commission on U.S. Pacific
Trade and Investment Policy. |
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| 3/12/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by FLOTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/14/96 | Ickes to POTUS & VP - biweekly DNC report. "The
President has seen." |
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| 3/15/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/15/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes feature DNC Dinner - Hay-Adams. Fowler and
Clinton talk about ads. |
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| 3/19/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes feature DNC dinner at Hay-Adams. More of
Clinton talking about the ads. |
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| 3/20/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/20/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by FLOTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/21/96 | Trie Charlie Trie visits the Presidential Legal Expense
Trust (PLET). |
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| 3/23/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes feature DNC lunch in Cincinnati. Brief
remarks only from POTUS. |
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| 3/25/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/25/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP re contracts with the media
consultants. Notes show POTUS reactions - indicate the depth of his knowledge
of details. |
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| 3/27/96 | Tamraz Roger Tamraz talks to POTUS about his pipeline scheme at a
social event at WH. |
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| 3/28/96 | Tamraz DNC prepares a list for Tamraz - tallying all of his donations to Democratic party. |
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| 3/28/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 3/29/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or POTUS. |
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| 3/29/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or POTUS. |
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| 3/29/96 | Tamraz POTUS asks McLarty to follow up with Tamraz re: pipeline. |
|
| 4/1/96 | Tamraz DOE oil specialist John Carter calls Sheila Heslin to ask her
to re-consider her opposition to Roger Tamraz. Per Heslin's testimony, Carter
noted Tamraz gave $200,000 to the DNC and was ready to give $200,000 more in
exchange for a meeting with POTUS. |
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| 4/1/96 | Tamraz Tamraz goes to Presidential COFFEE where he promotes his
pipeline to McLarty. This tape opens with Fowler's voice (off camera) saying
"Mr President, thank you for coming. We have a group of our very loyal and
generous supporters here." |
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| 4/1/96 | Tamraz Sheila Heslin talks with John Carter on the phone about Tamraz
and his pipeline. |
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| 4/3/96 | Ickes to POTUS & VP - biweekly report on DNC reports
raising more than $4 million in March through events using WH players. Stamped
"President has seen." |
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| 4/3/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 4/3/96 | Tamraz POTUS sends thank-you note to Tamraz for his donation. |
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| 4/4/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by FLOTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 4/5/96 | Ickes Harold Ickes writes another memo to Clinton and Gore,
saying DNC fundraising is on target, with projected revenue of $136.6 million
by the end of October 1996. |
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| 4/8/96 | Fowler DNC Chairman Fowler wrote Robert Rubin, Treasury
Secretary, asking his department to reconsider its decision that employees of
Indian tribes are ineligible to participate in Section 401 (k) retirement
savings plans. |
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| 4/8/96 | Huang John Huang arranges for South Korean businessman, John
K. H. Lee, to come to Washington for what Huang had promised would be dinner
with POTUS. In exchange, Lee wrote a $250,000 check from his company, Cheong
Am American. Instead of an intimate one-on-one with President, he got a brief
meeting wedged into president's attendance at two dinners at the Sheraton
Carlton. The $250,000 Choeng Am American check received from Lee would
ultimately lead to first press coverage of illegal foreign donations. |
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| 4/9/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 4/10/96 | Fundraising Spreadsheet probably belonging to Ickes details
fundraising Jan-April '96. |
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| 4/10/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at DNC Mayor's reception in
Baltimore. |
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| 4/11/96 | Huang John Huang sends Gore scheduling director Kim Tilley a
note about upcoming Buddhist temple event, entitled "Fund-Raising Lunch for VP
Gore." |
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| 4/12/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS. |
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| 4/12/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP re new DNC spot to begin 4/15.
Stamped "President has seen." |
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| 4/15/96 | DNC/Ickes Fowler, Ickes, and WH political director Doug Sosnik
meet in Fowler's office and agreed that all matters dealing with the allocation
of DNC money will be subject to White House approval. A small working
committee, including Fowler, Dodd, Thornberry, Brad Marshall, Rosen Sosnik, and
others was created to meet weekly regarding implementation of this
agreement. |
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| 4/17/96 | Ickes Memo to Fowler - confirming for the record their
meeting of 4/15 in which "it was agreed that all matters dealing with
allocation and expenditure of monies involving the [DNC]...are subject to the
prior approval of the WH." Setting up the weekly meeting structure that will
prevail throughout campaign. (Note - Ickes testimony to Senate investigation
indicates this memo probably was never sent, but it does accurately reflect the
understanding between Ickes & Fowler.) |
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| 4/17/96 | Ickes Harold Ickes sends memo to Clinton and Gore, noting
their review of DNC proposed 1996 budget, and source of funds. |
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| 4/23/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 4/24/96 | Trie Trie returns to PLET with $179,000. |
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| 4/25/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS & VP - Memo re DNC financial status.
30 pages of details, stamped "The President has seen." |
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| 4/26/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or POTUS. |
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| 4/26/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show President at DNC dinner in Philly. |
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| 4/30/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 5/1/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. This afternoon coffee was
the first coffee held IN the Oval Office. Five attendees promised $100,000
each for the privilege. Their visit was shoe-horned into Clinton's schedule
between meetings with Yassir Arafat and Billy Graham. |
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| 5/2/96 | COFFEE WH tapes feature very brief footage of this White House Coffee
with POTUS. A little applause as Clinton enters room. |
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| 5/4/96 | TV Morris writes another memo saying that purpose of media
blitz is to re-elect POTUS. |
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| 5/7/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or FLOTUS. |
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| 5/7/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 5/7/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show DNC Victory '96 Dinner in NJ. POTUS at
podium. |
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| 5/8/96 | COFFEE WH tapes feature this White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS. Brief
applause as Clinton enters room. |
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| 5/8/96 | COFFE White House Coffee, hosted by Mrs. Gore. |
|
| 5/9/96 | Ickes Officials of the Presidential Legal Expense Trust meet
with Harold Ickes to discuss results of their investigation into Charlie Trie
& whether they should return $460,000 whose provenance they suspect. |
|
| 5/12/96 | Trie Trie wrote a check from his personal account at First
Commercial Bank in Little Rock, Ark. to DNC in the amount of $10,000 for his
attendance at the DNC Presidential Dinner at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in
DC. |
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| 5/13/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS |
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| 5/13/96 | Huang/Trie Two WH tapes show Clinton at DNC dinner at Sheraton
Carlton. Clinton thanks Huang, mentions his long friendship with Trie - how
years ago none of them could have afforded a ticket to the night's dinner. |
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| 5/14/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 5/14/96 | Ickes Harold Ickes sends memo to President in which he refers
three times to the coffees as "political/fundraising coffees." Memo is
stamped "President has seen." Memo also outlines Heinrich duties for arranging
perks including overnights at Residence, golf, special tours of Air Force One,
etc. |
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| 5/16/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS. |
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| 5/17/96 | COFFEE WH tapes include shots of this White House Coffee with
POTUS. |
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| 5/20/96 | Fundraising Agenda for WH meeting indicates one item for discussion
will be "Exchange of lists between DNC & Clinton/Gore '96.". |
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| 5/20/96 | Fundraising WH tapes of Clinton at DNC dinner. POTUS at podium
talks about the need to raise money and the need to organize. |
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| 5/21/96 | WH WH videotapes show POTUS at DNC lunch in State Dining
Room of WH: "The fact we've been able to finance this long-running, constant
television campaign has been central to the position I now enjoy in the
polls." |
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| 5/26/96 | Morris Morris memo #19 keeps up the $ pressure. |
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| 5/29/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 6/3/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS. |
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| 6/3/96 | Ickes Memo describes "very serious short fall in Federal
dollars." (i.e. "hard" money) |
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| 6/3/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton addressing DNC Business Council.
Thanks Alan Solomont effusively - talks politics. |
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| 6/3/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton addressing DNC Dinner - during
Q&A period. |
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| 6/4/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at Dinner for DNC - more talk
about the ads. "Every week, after consulting very careful research, we send our
message out. We market our message through the mass media to somewhere between
25 and 40% of America, depending on how much we can afford to spend that
week...And we try to do it - we don't try to gain anything by doing it, except
to frame the issue." |
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| 6/6/96 | COFFEE WH tapes feature this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 6/6/96 | POTUS Presidential briefing schedule refers to 22 fundraising coffees
and nine servicing coffees. Each fundraising coffee projects $400,000
income. |
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| 6/9/96 | WH White House meeting Re: DNC Finances. |
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| 6/17/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 6/17/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show this WH lunch - attended by
Cheyenne-Arapahoe representatives. |
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| 6/17/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show Clinton addressing DNC Dinner - thanks
crowd for help with media. "One of the reasons that this campaign is winning
today is that between 25 and 40% of the country, nearly every week, for more
than six months now, has heard what we think the message is..." |
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| 6/18/96 | Huang Delegation of Thai businessmen accompany Pauline
Kanchanalak to a White House coffee. Coffee was initially planned by Huang
& Kanchanalak - and was K's chance to bring some of her foreign contacts to
meet the president. Initial guest list featured not a single US citizen -
despite the fact that it was listed on DNC planning memos as a fundraising
coffee intended to raise $400,000. DNC Finance Director Richard Sullivan
raised concerns about fact that foreign nationals couldn't legally give any $.
Two US citizens were invited the day before the event and it went ahead.
Raising $180,000. Background memo to POTUS for the event says "this is one of
a series of coffees that you are hosting with the top supporters of the
DNC." |
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| 6/18/96 | COFFEE POTUS had two COFFEES this day. |
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| 6/19/96 | POTUS Thank you note to Kanchanlak. |
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| 6/19/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS or POTUS. |
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| 6/19/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 6/20/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
|
| 6/22/96 | Tamraz Tamraz goes to buffet dinner and private screening of
"Independence Day" at WH. |
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| 6/26/96 | Ickes To POTUS & VP - biweekly report of DNC. |
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| 6/26/96 | Ickes Ickes memo notes Dick Morris suggests they need more
money. Extensive footnote reveals how completely DNC&C/G media budgets
have been integrated. Cover notes "President has seen." |
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| 6/28/96 | Fundraising Peter Knight suggests they identify 10 people who could
raise $2 million each and meets with Marvin Rosen and Richard Sullivan to do
this. |
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| 7/4/96 | Huang Don Fowler writes John Huang a note: "John, we're
making progress, but we have to do better. Thank you for your good work. Best
wishes...." |
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| 7/5/96 | Ickes Memo to VP & POTUS - report on DNC
budget/fundraising. |
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| 7/8/96 | COFFEE WH tapes show this White House Coffee. |
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| 7/8/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show DNC dinner - Clinton remarks: "In this
media campaign, I'm trying to give this election back to the American
people...helps frame the questions that are being asked and if the right
questions are asked, I think we will prevail. And I am very grateful for your
contributions." He also talks about the coffees - a strategy "to give people
that normally don't get to see the President a chance to come in and have their
say." |
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| 7/10/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by VPOTUS. |
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| 7/10/96 | DNC DNC and Ickes meet to discuss federal money
shortfall. |
|
| 7/12/96 | Fundraising POTUS and FLOTUS host 60 guest dinner, donations
quietly made to VOTE NOW '96 - a nonprofit organization. |
|
| 7/-/96 | Trie In or about July 1996 Trie requested a DNC employee
meeting for hotel rooms at the Democratic National Convention scheduled for
August 1996. |
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| 7/15/96 | Ickes Memo to POTUS indicates that as of week ending 5/24,
DNC took in $3,445,215. |
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| 7/18/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
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| 7/20/96 | Ickes Memorandum to POTUS Re: Contract with November Five
Group - urges POTUS to insist on better financial terms from his media team. |
|
| 7/22/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at Asian Dinner at Century Plaza
in LA. POTUS thanks John Huang. |
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| 7/24/96 | Ickes Memorandum to POTUS & VP: "DNC Needs $47 million
from major donors by10/31/96" and it would be "ill advised" to reduce
fund-raising activities. |
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| 7/28/96 | Ickes Memorandum to POTUS, notes that they are running out of
federal dollars (hard money). |
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| 7/29/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at DNC Dinner - Clinton brief
remarks at podium. |
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| 7/30/96 | Huang John Huang orchestrates small dinner with the POTUS
& donors at the Jefferson Hotel. Guests were predominently foreign
nationals and the event was not viewed as successful by DNC officials. |
|
| 7/30/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at reception for Winston Bryant,
Senate candidate. Clinton: "First of all, I want to thank all of you for being
here. We need the money." (Laughter.) |
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| July/August | Huang Though date is uncertain, either in final week
of July or first week of August, Rawlein Soberano met John Huang for lunch at
the Mayflower. Soberano had arranged the lunch to solicit Huang's help with a
fundraiser for the Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR). According to
Soberano, during the lunch, Huang suggested the possibility of funneling money
through AABR: "We can give you $300,000 and you can give it back to us later,
and you can keep 15% for the organization." Soberano, once he realizes Huang
is not kidding, stopped the conversation and both men left the meeting
embarrassed. |
|
| 8/1/96 | Fundraising White House tapes show DNC dinner at Jefferson Hotel.
Brief shot of Clinton at podium - thanking the crowd and talking of the ads:
"One of the reasons we are where we are is that through all the rough periods
we have been able to advertise our message on what the real conflict was about
here in Washington to 25 - 50% of the American people almost every week for a
year..." |
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| 8/2/96 | COFFEE WH tapes feature this White House Coffee with POTUS. |
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| 8/6/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS |
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| 8/7/96 | Trie A co-conspirator caused a wire transfer in the amount
of $200k from Compania de Investimento e Fomento Preail Goodwill, Bank of
China, Macao Branch, into bank account of defendant Trie and a business
associate from Macao at Riggs Bank in DC. |
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| 8/18/96 | Trie Trie hand-delivered contribution checks to the DNC at a
hotel room in NYC. |
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| 8/18/96 | Trie Trie and Pan and a business associate from Macao,
attended a DNC party in NYC honoring the birthday of POTUS. |
|
| 8/21/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
|
| 8/23/96 | POTUS Frederick W. Smith, chairman and CEO of Fed Ex came to the WH
for a 45 minute one-on-one session with the POTUS to discuss trade. Three weeks
later FedEx gave $100,000 to DNC, part of $275,000 contributed during an 8
month period in '96. |
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| 8/23/96 | COFFEE White House Coffee, hosted by POTUS or VPOTUS. |
|
| 9/6/96 | Huang Los Angeles Times breaks the story of Democrats
returning illegal Cheong Am check (from Korean businessman Lee). This check,
collected by Huang, turns attention to him. |
|
| 9/10/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show DNC lunch in Kansas City. Clinton
enters, thanks Ferhad Azima for hosting and leads crowd in singing happy
birthday to him. |
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| 9/17/96 | Fundraiser WH tapes show POTUS at DNC dinner at private home. |
|
| 10/7/96 |  POTUS Memo from Phil Caplan covering several Ickes memos to the
president (stamped "the President") - notes among other things the
recommendation that $1 million be set aside for potential fines. In the margin
the President wrote "ugh."
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|
| 10/19/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show this DNC dinner at Mayflower
Hotel. |
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| 10/22/96 | VPOTUS In NPR interview, Gore claims Buddhist Temple event was
"community outreach." |
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| 10/24/96 | Fundraising Ickes begins calling R. Warren Meddoff, whom
POTUS met a few days earlier, regarding donations. |
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| 10/24/96 | Fundraising WH tapes show Clinton at DNC reception and
dinner in New Orleans. Clinton talks about how all the night's funds raised
will stay in state for GOTV and electing Mary Landrieu to Senate. |
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| 10/31/96 | Fundraising Ickes tells WH to fax instructions to
Meddoff, steering his proposed donations to DNC and several nonprofit groups
favorable to POTUS. According to Meddoff, Ickes called him later that day and
asked him to destroy the fax. Ickes acknowledges he sent the original fax, but
denies he ever instructed Meddoff to destroy it. |
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| 11/5/96 | POTUS Election day. Bill Clinton is elected to a second term as
President of the United States. |
