The contribution had been the single largest received by the Democratic Party in 1996. An investigation by the United States Senate determined that these funds initially came from a Japanese national. The donation had originally been solicited from Yogesh Gandhi by Democratic Party fund-raiser Charles Yah Lin Trie.
In 1996, this contribution was the Democratic Party's largest. According to an investigation by the United States Senate, the initial source of these funds came from a Japanese national. The donation had initially been solicited from Yogesh Gandhi by Democratic Party fund-raiser Charles Yah Lin Trie.