Hillary Rodham Clinton... sometimes described as
America's Blond Eminenceand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Abel P. Upshur...
's promise that she had scrubbed illegal cash contributions from her 2008 presidential campaign, prosecutors revealed Monday that the criminal mastermind of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's "shadow campaign" also funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid Mrs. Clinton's bid for the White House.
Jeffrey E. Thompson's scheme included diverting more than $608,000 in illicit funds to a New York marketing executive, Troy White, who organized "street teams" to raise Mrs. Clinton's visibility in urban areas during her Democratic primary battle against Barack Obama
I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go...
. Mr. White pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the case.