I'm impressed. The Justice Department actually handed down indictments to Pauline Kanchanalak and Duangnet Kronenberg. I believe these two DNC cronies to be guilty as sin and feel some guillty pleas coming to stop further embarassment to the DNC and the Whitehouse. I wonder if John Huang spilled the beans on these two, as he attended the famous " Kanchanalak Coffee " event that the Whitehouse claimed was not a fund raiser ( who are they trying to kid, I wasn't born yesterday ).

Here is little bit of the Associated Press story from Monday...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thai businesswoman Pauline Kanchanalak and her sister-in-law were charged Monday with funneling at least $679,000 in foreign and corporate contributions through straw donors to the Democratic National Committee, state parties and federal and state candidates. Alleging a family conspiracy from September 1992 through October 1996, the Justice Department's campaign finance task force obtained a 24-count indictment against the 47-year-old Thai citizen and her sister-in-law and business associate, Duangnet ``Georgie'' Kronenberg, 41. Kanchanalak's husband, Jeb, and mother-in-law, Praitun Kanchanalak, were named as unindicted co-conspirators.

I believe this to be the tip of the iceberg! It just keeps getting closer and closer to a dircet connection with the Whitehouse ( unless you think this is a direct connection ). Here is a little more from AP...

In June and July 1996, the indictment said, the defendants funneled $457,500 to the Democratic National Committee and state Democratic parties. Pauline Kanchanalak is believed to be in Thailand, and prosecutors obtained a bench warrant from Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson for her arrest.

How much more dirty DNC money is out there that we just don't know about yet? These illegal Asian contributions may have influenced Clinton's trip to China ( but this is another story ) and/or any other DNC associates. These monies did not only go to DNC Federal campaign coffers; as AP reports...

State Democratic parties in California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia got money, as did committees for House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, and Democratic senators John Glenn of Ohio and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.

These were not the first, nor will they be the last indictments as the Justice Department shows a little integrity. I just hope they continue to show this integrity as the trail leads closer to our chief executive!

They are the 7th and 8th people charged by Justice's campaign finance task force who accepted guilty pleas last year from four others for improper campaign fund raising. Those previously charged: Johnny Chung, Yogesh Gandhi, Howard Glicken, Maria Hsia, Antonio Pan, and Charlie Trie. The guilty pleas came from: Nora, Gene, and Trisha Lum and Micheal Brown ( remember his father was under investigation ).

- Bongo ( wondering why noone ever donates any money to me )