A Democrat donor who raised at least $100,000 for Hillary Clinton has pleaded guilty to more than $180,000 in illegal campaign donations and coaching someone to lie about it. Tom Hayes of the Associated Press reports: An informant caught Sant Singh Chatwal on tape in 2010 explaining that he believed his illegal fundraising bought him access to people in power. Without the contributions "nobody will even talk to you," Chatwal said. "That's the only way to buy them, get into the system." Chatwal entered the plea to evading contribution limits and witness tampering in federal court in Brooklyn as part of a plea deal. He faces a maximum of nearly six years in prison at sentencing on July 31 and must forfeit $1 million. He free on $750,000 bond secured by property in Manhattan. There are some details that, for some reason, are being kept from the public. The three candidates to whom he made the illegal donations have not been revealed, and Chatwal...(Read Full Post)