Documents obtained by The Daily Caller show that U.S. Senator Amy
Klobuchar helped keep a multibillion-dollar Ponzi schemer out of prison
in the late 1990s when she was the County Attorney in Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
That financial criminal, Tom Petters, presided over companies whose
employees gave Klobuchar $8,500 for her re-election campaign, and would
later contribute more than $120,000 toward her U.S. Senate run.
One of those companies’ vice presidents was Ted Mondale, a former
state senator and son of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.
Before taking office as Hennepin County Attorney, Klobuchar was a
partner at the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, where
Walter Mondale has practiced law since 1987.
Perhaps because of the lure of Petters’ campaign cash or his deep
connection to Minnesota Democratic politics, Klobuchar used the power of
her office in 1999 to ensure Petters was not charged with financial
crimes. And despite significant evidence against him, she cleared the
way for Petters to build his multibillion-dollar illegal empire by
prosecuting only his early co-conspirators.
One of those co-conspirators, Richard Hettler, told The Daily Caller
that Klobuchar was aware of what Petters was doing, yet willingly
accepted campaign donations from Petters’ company and its employees.
“She took Ponzi money to get elected,” he insisted.
Years later, after Klobuchar won a seat in the U.S. Senate and left Minnesota, a federal prosecutor would win convictions
against Petters for 10 counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail
fraud, five counts of money laundering, and one count each of conspiracy
to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money
laundering.
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