A handful of other donor events at the White House also are covered by the videos, according to sources who estimated they numbered about 25. Since then, investigators have probed whether some of Kanchanalak's donations were tied to efforts to gain her access to the White House, which she visited 26 times while Clinton was president. Among the other White House events on the tapes are an August 1994 health care breakfast - one of about 10 such events the president has acknowledged hosting to help generate support for the Democratic Party fund used to pay for ads supporting his health care policy. Last week, the White House admitted it had charged taxpayers for the fund-raising breakfasts, and it belatedly got the party to send a reimbursement check to the Treasury. Investigators have introduced evidence indicating several contributors to that event, which involved controversial fund-raiser Charlie Trie, were reimbursed shortly afterwards.
Federal law prohibits disguising donations in the name of others.
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