Once Clinton's chief money raiser in the Asian American community, Huang appeared before the House Government Reform Committee to testify on Democratic fund-raising irregularities under a grant of limited immunity, but faced the threat of prosecution for perjury in his testimony. Clinton was still Arkansas governor, running for his first term as president. Only Riady and Clinton were in the car, but Huang said his then-boss recounted the conversation to him moments afterward. Riady had formerly run a bank in Little Rock while Clinton was governor, and the two became friends. Huang admitted, however, that the promise was kept through contributions from Lippo employees and others illegally reimbursed by Lippo.
Federal law prohibits contributions in which the real donor's identity is hidden.
He likes to help his friends. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the senior committee Democrat, ran through a litany of allegations made against Huang by Burton and other Republicans. Maybe it was anticipated it would not be found out. The information you receive on-line from AsianWeek is protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting, or repurposing of any copyright protected material.