"In fact, it's just the opposite," the prosecutor insisted, in quotes picked up by the Associated Press. "The evidence will show that David Rosen was trying to keep this evidence from the campaign."

Aides to Mrs. Clinton, who might have discovered that Rosen had underreported a $1.2 million contribution by Hollywood mogul Peter Paul, were likewise conned by the bespectacled 40-year-old, he said.

According to Zeidenberg, Rosen "lied directly to the compliance officer of the Clinton campaign" about the full amount Paul spent to cover expenses for a star-studded August 2000 gala fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton.

Zeidenberg didn't explain, however, how Mrs. Clinton's then-spokesman, Howard Wolfson, seemed to have knowledge of the event's true costs at a time when senior Clinton campaign officials were supposedly in the dark.

Speaking to the Washington Post five days after the Aug. 12 event, Wolfson acknowledged that Mr. Paul had contributed "$1 million" - far more than the $400,000 Rosen would later report.

Wolfson also seemed to know specific details about the underreported contribution, telling the Post: "It was an in-kind contribution ... and not a check."

Paul told NewsMax last month that Wolfson's comments show that senior Clinton campaign officials "knew there was an issue about my involvement and they knew there was an issue about how much it cost" well before Rosen filed false reports with the FEC.

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