Democrats Cited in Fund-Raising Abuse

The Democratic Party has not returned $1.7 million in donations that Republican investigators on the House committee probing fund-raising abuses say are either illegal or clearly suspect, according to a report by the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. The report details numerous donations connected to such controversial fund-raising figures as James Riady and John Huang. The money, raised from 1992 through 1996, went to the Democratic National Committee, Democratic state parties or other Democratic fund-raising committees.