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What Hillary Knew: June 9, 2000

October 23, 2005

Peter Paul hosted two separate fundraisers for Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign two months before he hosted the Hollywood Gala. They took place on June 9, 2000: a VIP fundraising luncheon at the famed Beverly Hills restaurant Spago, and a tea at the Bel Air home of Cynthia Gershman, a wealthy donor associated with Aaron Tonken, an organizer of top-dollar charity and political events who Paul had subsidized to work with DNC Chairman Ed Rendell and Hillary Clinton on Hollywood fundraising.

At the suggestion of Ed Rendell, under the supervision of DNC Regional Finance Chair Stephanie Berger and assisted by Hillary Clinton campaign finance director David Rosen, Peter Paul agreed to host and underwrite the costs of both events. Rendell obtained a pledge of $150,000 in Stan Lee Media stock, to be transferred to the Clinton campaign in September, 2000, as the “cost” of Paul being designated host of the VIP luncheon for the First Lady. This was identical to the pledge requirement that Rendell also extracted from Paul to host Vice President Gore’s first major Hollywood VIP Dinner fund raiser, held on June 8, 2000 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Peter Paul’s business partner, Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, acted as co-host for the two fundraisers, but did not commit stock or pay any expenses.

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