The Justice Department, under attorney general Janet Reno, so far is strongly resisting demands from Republicans and other Administration critics that a new independent counsel be appointed to investigate fundraising practices. That could change in the future. The investigations will probably go on for a very long time. The DNC also revealed how its interviewers proceeded. The instructions for the calls to donors were detailed.
Female callers are less threatening and often more successful at getting respondents to cooperate.
They were told not to leave telephone messages or their own phone numbers. On the script for the calls to individuals, question 13 directs the interviewer to ask about citizenship, with follow up questions about how long a person has been a citizen, and whether he or she holds a social security card. Its officials stated that some of the donations were illegal, but others were merely deemed inappropriate even if they were permitted by law. Furthermore, the Democrats provided a table specifically on Huang and the money he raised. Huang was credited for 424 contributions, of which 88 have been returned or are in the process of being returned.