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Article: Clinton hosted fund-raisers' `coffees': Met DNC, business chiefs at White House.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 25, 1997
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The Democratic fund-raising scandal moved closer to the White House yesterday when the administration revealed that President Clinton joined with corporate donors and supporters in 71 "coffees" organized by party fund-raising officials.
Hundreds of pages of White House documents showed that the first lady, the vice president and his wife attended 32 more coffees at the Executive Mansion with major donors and Democratic fund-raisers. The administration previously described these events as mundane gatherings during which no fund raising was conducted.
Those who attended the coffees contributed $6.5 million to the president's re-election campaign. At ...