Clinton, Boxer contributor pleads guilty
Southern California businessman Abdul Rehman Jinnah pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to directing illegal campaign contributions to Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barbara Boxer of California.
Jinnah is scheduled to be sentenced in June. He could face more than a year in prison for reimbursing employees and associates for political donations made in their names.
Jinnah admitted Monday that he used straw donors to contribute at least $53,000 to Clinton’s political action committee, HillPac, and Boxer’s 2004 reelection campaign.
He was indicted in May 2006 but fled the country soon after for his native Pakistan. He returned to face the charges a year later and has been under house arrest.
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