Aaron Tonken

Aaron Tonken is the "Hollywood con man sentenced to 63 months in prison last summer [2004] for his scheme to defraud donors and underwriters in connection with his promotion and production of charitable events. In a tell-all book, King of Cons, Tonken recounted organizing the August 2000 fund-raiser and asserted that both Rosen and Sen. Clinton knew about his illegal financing schemes," according to Michelle Malkin in her April 22, 2005, web article. [1]

Books by Tonken

King of Cons. Exposing the Dirty, Rotten Secrets of the Washington Elite and Hollywood Celebrities, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Hardcover ISBN 1595550003.

SourceWatch Resources

• David Rosen
• Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Peter Paul

External links

• Carl Limbacher, "Clinton Accuser Tonken In Plea Flip-Flop?," NewsMax.com, December 3, 2003.
• "Guilty Plea in Hollywood Fund-Raising Scams," Fox News, December 10, 2003.
• Carl Limbacher, "Fund-raiser Aaron Tonken Writing Hillary Tell-All," NewsMax.com, March 11, 2004.
• Paul M. Rodriguez, "'Mainstream' press catches up on Clinton-Peter Paul story," Insight Magazine, October 5, 2004.
• Michelle Malkin, "Hillary's Hollywood flim-flam man," Jewish World Review and Townhall.com, June 20, 2003.
• Terry Krepel, "The ConWeb's New Favorite Convicted Felon. WorldNetDaily and NewsMax tout a convicted criminal's story in yet another attempt to bash the Clintons," conwebwatch, January 21, 2005.
• Josh Gerstein, "Fund-Raiser's Fall Could Put Damper on Clinton's Hopes for 2008," New York Sun, February 24, 2005.
• Gordon Russell and Martha Carr, "Reggie helps in case vs. Clinton aide: Source says calls taped as part of plea", The Times-Picayune, April 22, 2005.
• Michelle Malkin, "All the Clintons' Bagmen," michellemalkin.com, April 22, 2005.