New York Times Set To Nuke Hillary?

Update: Michelle Malkin links to a WaPo story on this topic today. The sources have "knowledge" of the donations but didn't disclose much except that many came from the Middle-east - they named a few names. The suggestion of Marc Rich linkage is buried on page 2 - pay for pardon? Or is that suggestion meant to deflate tomorrow's news? Clearly, this is damage control trying to get in front of whatever is coming from the NY Times tomorrow. The Clintons know how to play the game.

Clinton has also been challenged by members of Congress for accepting a reported $450,000 donation to his library from the former wife of fugitive financier Marc Rich before he granted Rich a pardon for tax evasion in 2001. Neither Clinton nor the Rich family confirmed the donation.

Drudge has this below up with no link. But pay attention to the reporter's name:

NYT Plans Sunday Exclusive on Questionable Clinton Library donors... Reporter Don Van Natta... Developing...

He's a serious award-winning investigative journalist ... and co-author with Jeff Gerth of Her Way:

link: Prosecutors later came to believe that Hillary had padded her bills; she "wasn't guilty of [knowingly] facilitating nefarious transactions -- she was guilty of doing less work than she took credit for," Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. explain in their 2007 biography, Her Way. Hillary herself never took refuge in this explanation.

Somehow I'm thinking Hillary isn't pleased re Her Way:

Van Natta: "We also show that she has a sort of secret side to her Senate office. We call it the mysteries of Hillaryland in the book where she actually had people on, employees of hers, people on her payroll, who she did not divulge as she was supposed to, according to Senate rules, and we have ethics experts raising questions about that."

Gerth: "She is now running for president, and we felt that people needed to understand how, how she acts in the political arena and, and use that as a basis for deciding whether she is qualified to be president or not. And, you know, in essence, we sort of found that there are two Hillarys. In, in one case, there's the well-informed, the battle-tested, the diligent senator who does her homework. And then we found another Hillary. When it comes to a bump in the road -- whether it is on Iraq or on energy policy or on the environment, where she has a problem, that she plays fast and loose with the facts, she won't admit a mistake, and she sort of, you know, retreats into a shell."

Comments

[Fred Beloit]

The NYT hasn't defiled my hands for many years, but I may be tempted to put on the old surgical gloves, respirator, and safety goggles and buy a copy tomorrow.

[clarice]

After Ms Washburn's two ridiculous performances, one would think the endorsement of the paper she works for would be an embarrassment.