Editing Democratic National Committee (section)

=== Chinagate ===
{{main|1996 United States campaign finance controversy}}
Chinagate was an alleged effort by the [[China|People's Republic of China]] to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/21/trie/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060805092557/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/21/trie/|title=Fund-raiser Charlie Trie pleads guilty under plea agreement|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=May 21, 1999|archive-date=August 5, 2006}}</ref> In 2002, the [[Federal Election Commission]] fined the Democratic National Committee $115,000 for its part in [[1996 United States campaign finance controversy|fundraising violations in 1996]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/23/elec02.fec.dnc/ |title=DNC fined for illegal 1996 fund raising|work=[[CNN]]| date=September 23, 2002|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080514033625/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/23/elec02.fec.dnc/ |archive-date=May 14, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>