Here is one from Newsday, but it is an AP article, which has more credibility:
Trial involving Senator Clinton's ex-staffer to start in LA
By PAUL CHAVEZ
Associated Press Writer
May 10, 2005, 1:52 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- A federal criminal trial involving a former finance director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be watched by Republicans seeking to derail her re-election next year and potential 2008 bid for the White House.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Tuesday for the trial against Clinton's former finance director, David Rosen. He is accused of filing false campaign finance statements in connection with the fundraiser for Clinton's successful 2000 senatorial campaign.
Rosen has pleaded not guilty to the charges. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch on Monday urged a Senate panel to investigate Clinton in connection with the fundraiser.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton argued that Clinton closely monitored the Hollywood fundraiser and knew its actual cost was much greater than the $400,000 tab reported in campaign financial filings.
Prosecutors claim that Rosen knew that "in-kind" contributions for the event exceeded $1.1 million.
"They're false and she knows them to be false," Fitton said. He equated her situation with the ethics controversy surrounding House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who has been criticized for privately funded travel.
Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson called Judicial Watch's complaint "a meritless publicity stunt by a thoroughly discredited right-wing attack group."
An FBI agent's 2002 affidavit said the costs were deliberately understated "to increase the amount of funds available to New York Senate 2000 for federal campaign activities."
Justice Department officials, however, recently said they do not need to prove a possible motive by Rosen. The Democratic senator has not been charged.
The trial, which is expected to last about 10 days, will include testimony from Raymond Reggie, a prominent political consultant whose sister is married to Sen. Edward Kennedy. Prosecutors have not named Reggie, but two sources familiar with the case said he is the "cooperating witness" identified in court documents who wore a wire on behalf of the government.
Reggie also is listed in a proposed questionnaire that will be presented to jurors to determine if they know any of the key players in the case.
Others on the questionnaire include longtime Hillary Clinton aide Kelly Craighead; comic book legend Stan Lee, who was an official host of the fundraiser and Peter Paul, who told the FBI he gave hundreds of thousands of dollars that Clintons' campaign didn't report.
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Associated Press Writer Devlin Barret in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.
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