Johnny Chien Chuen Chung (鍾育瀚; pinyin: Zhōng Yùhàn) (born 1955)[1] was a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.
Chung eventually found himself in the middle of the Washington, D.C. elite within a couple weeks of his first donations to the Democratic Party.
[3] Called a "hustler" by a U.S. National Security Council (NSC) aide Robert Suettinger,[3] Chung befriended former Lt. Col. Liu Chaoying during a Commerce Department trade mission to China.
In a July 20, 1997 Chicago Tribune article Johnny Chung was quoted as saying, "I see the White House is like a subway: You have to put in coins to open the gates."
[5] Chung was eventually convicted of bank fraud, tax evasion, and two misdemeanor counts of conspiring to violate election law.