Man Who Illegally Funneled Chinese Money into Clinton’s ’96 Campaign Secretly Recorded Video as ‘Insurance Policy’


When it comes to getting away with corruption, the Clintons have it down. Their ability to get away with criminal activities that would cause average citizens to get locked up for the rest of their lives is legendary. About the closest they’ve come to punishment was Bill’s impeachment as president. Yet even there he escaped being ejected from the presidency by a party-line vote in the Senate. And worst case, he would have been booted out of office, not convicted of anything by the judicial system.

One of the more egregious allegations of wrongdoing involved the alleged solicitation and acceptance of contributions to Mr. Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign from Chinese interests. The man’s name was Johnny Chung, and not only did he funnel plenty of Chinese money into Clinton’s campaign, but he so feared for his life that he made an “insurance video” to be released in the event of his death.

That video is now public.

A Chinese-American businessman at the center of a Clinton campaign finance scandal secretly filmed a tell-all video as an ‘insurance policy’ – because he feared being murdered.

In footage provided exclusively to DailyMail.com, Johnny Chung spills details on how he illegally funneled money from Chinese officials to Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election bid.

The Chinese-American Clinton fundraiser recorded the ‘elaborate videotaped testimony’ while in hiding in 2000.

He smuggled it to trusted friends and family with instructions to release it to the media in the event of his untimely death because he believed he was at risk of being assassinated.

Chung is believed to still be alive and living in China.

So do we have a bit of misdirection here? We’re told by Democrats that we should suspect Russian involvement with the Trump campaign, yet we have plenty of evidence of the Chinese paying millions to the Clintons. Clearly, the Chinese wanted something in return.

The video was obtained by author and historian Doug Wead for his new book Game of Thorns, which traces Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 campaign and the Chinese government’s long-running operation to buy political influence in Washington.

After reading the following, one question is, if Chung went to prison for making illegal campaign contributions to the DNC and Bill Clinton’s campaign, why were the recipients of these illegal contributions not punished?

In the never-before-released footage, Chung described how he feared for his life after he publicly admitted to funneling money from Chinese officials to President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign.

He also claimed Democrats pressured him to stay silent about his dealings with the Clintons and said the FBI tried to enlist him in a sting against a top Chinese general at a Los Angeles airport.

The video comes amid renewed interest in foreign influence in Washington, as some members of President Donald Trump’s team have been scrutinized for their associations with Russian officials.

The video grew out of a controversy in the mid-1990s when evidence surfaced that Chinese officials were pouring hundreds of thousands into then president Bill Clinton’s reelection campaign through American straw donors.

Chung, one of the main players in the ‘Chinagate’ scandal, was accused of giving over $300,000 to the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the head of China’s military intelligence agency during Clinton’s reelection bid.

Chung cooperated with the Department of Justice during the investigation, and was sentenced to five years of probation for campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax evasion in 1998.

He had received FBI protection as he testified on these matters, but that protection was suddenly withdrawn.

He said he feared his knowledge of the Clinton campaign finance scandal and the Chinese influence operation could make him a target for assassination.

The FBI in Los Angeles began providing around-the-clock protection for him. But just a few days before Chung was scheduled to testify before a grand jury, the FBI headquarters in Washington called off the protection detail and told Chung he would have to make the trip alone.

In the secret videotaped statement, Chung claimed the Department of Justice dismissed his safety concerns – with one U.S. attorney telling him to ‘call 911’ if he felt threatened.

‘I called the FBI office and offered to [speak with] the US assistant attorney again on the phone,’ said Chung.

‘And he said ‘Mr. Chung your case is over. As a normal American citizen what do you do if you feel your life is in danger? You just call 911.’

The businessman ended up testifying, telling the House committee that he believed the Clintons ‘used me as much as I used them.’

This upcoming book and the release of the video provide a fitting epilogue to the careers of two of the most corrupt individuals ever to occupy public office in America.

Source: Daily Mail



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