Re: I'm sure you've seen this already

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: : But in case you hadn't: : : Los Angeles, June 20 (Bloomberg) �EPeter Paul, indicted last week : : for a securities-fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Stan Lee Media : : Inc. investors out of $25 million, filed a lawsuit accusing former : : President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of causing : : him to break campaign-finance laws. : : Paul�s attorney, Larry Klayman, last week said his client had given : : more than $2 million of the proceeds from the fraud scheme to Hillary : : Clinton�s campaign by helping finance an Aug. 13 Hollywood tribute to : : her husband during the Democratic National Convention. Paul also : : allegedly spent $150,000 to host a luncheon and transferred $55,000 : : worth of stock to a pro-choice group in Illinois on behalf of Hillary : : Clinton. : : Paul claims the Clintons committed fraud and conspiracy. Paul�s : : lawyer, Klayman, is chairman of Judicial Watch, an organization that : : filed numerous suits against Bill Clinton and his administration. Paul : : said he never reported the gifts to the government because he was : : relying on the Clintons to comply with election laws. The suit seeks : : compensatory and punitive damages. : : Because Paul �was unfamiliar with federal election campaign : : fundraising requirements, he reasonably relied�Eon the Clintons �to : : comply with all applicable fundraising requirements�Eand report the : : gifts to the Federal Election Commission, according to the complaint : : filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. : : The failure to report the gifts places him �at substantial risk�E: of violating campaign finance laws, Paul said in the suit. : : Clinton�s campaign refunded a $2,000 donation received from Paul in : : June on Aug. 16, three days after the fundraiser, according to Federal : : Election Commission records. : : A call to Julia Payne, spokeswoman for the former president, and a : : page to Senator Clinton�s communications office were not returned late : : Wednesday. : : Seeking Favors : : Aaron Tonken, described as an event producer who first approached : : Paul about contributing money to the Democratic Party, and David : : Rosen, Senator Clinton�s director of finance, are also named as : : defendants in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. : : Paul claims he made the contributions to gain favors from President : : Clinton, including a pardon for a 1979 felony conviction and a : : Presidential Medal of Freedom for comic-book artist Stan Lee. Neither : : request was granted. : : Paul and three others were charged on June 12 with manipulating : : Stan Lee shares through nominee accounts, set up to conceal their : : trading. Paul, 52, is living in Brazil, Klayman said last week. : : Comic book creator Lee, who was not charged with wrongdoing in the : : securities-fraud case, is known for the characters Spider-Man, the : : Incredible Hulk and the X-Men he drew while at Marvel Comics. : : Encino, California-based Stan Lee Media filed for Chapter 11 : : bankruptcy protection in February. : Money changes everyone. At least Stan got away scot free. : : Later : Stormin!

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