TONIGHT ON “A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREA AND…”

Dan Curry used to be an investigative reporter. In some ways, he still is — he’s done a lot of research on a company with a checkered past and found it has given politicians lots of money, with the Clintons at the top of the list.

From his own blogsite Reverse Spin, Dan writes:

“On Meet the Press last Sunday, Hillary Clinton proclaimed that new vetting procedures had been been put in place to prevent her from taking money from sleaze merchants like Norman Hsu.

If you think you’ve heard that line before, you are right.

The spokeswoman for Mrs. Clinton, Ann Lewis, said Mrs. Clinton was not aware of Mr. Burgess’s background when he held fund-raising affairs for her in 2000 and 2003, nor did she know whether other prominent Democrats had rejected contributions. She said that Mrs. Clinton’s vetting procedures have been strengthened since the senator’s appearance at I.P.A.

That paragraph appeared in a May 2006 article in the New York Times focusing on questionable contributions to Clinton from Illinois-based International Profit Associates, a business consulting company run by a convicted criminal that is beset by fraud allegations and a massive federal sexual harassment lawsuit.

Small business owners across the country, frustrated by Hillary’s continued refusal to turn away IPA funds, have written her this letter today. The small business owners were victimized by IPA’s fraud and are suing IPA in a federal racketeering lawsuit pending in Chicago.

Particularly egregious is the federal sexual harassment suit against IPA that is one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

Dan Curry joins me tonight with the details. You’re invited to listen in on the conversation. Got a question? We’ll take your call. 646-478-4604. Chat Room will be open.

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