The Other Hsu Drops

Back in this post I wondered when Hillary Clinton would give the rest of the money back that was raised by Norman Hsu and his straw donors. She must have heard me:

WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign said Monday it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for violating election laws.

Clinton, D-N.Y., previously had planned only to give to charity $23,000 she received from Hsu for her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee, HillPac.

The FBI is investigating whether Hsu paid so-called straw donors to send campaign contributions to Clinton and other candidates, a law enforcement official said Monday.

I think Hsu's bizarre flight from justice probably convinced the Clinton camp that they needed to get away from this guy and anybody attached to him as soon as possible.

UPDATE: The NY Times blog notes some strange timing in the announcement:

The Clinton campaign made its announcement around 6:40 p.m., shortly after the network evening news shows had begun on the East Coast. The timing was roughly the same on August 29 when Clinton advisers disclosed they were returning Mr. Hsu’s $23,000 in personal donations to Clinton campaign accounts. Clinton aides, who have been trying to contain the political damage from the Hsu revelations, have been monitoring the number of stories that the network evening news has run on Mr. Hsu — only a handful thus far.

You know the mainstream media is not anxious to be reporting this story.