And among them isn't the fact, repeated (again) in the fourth paragraph, that "the quid pro quo promised" to Asian-American donors was "in many cases a face-to-face meeting with the President."

Asian-American and Jewish donors are particularly hard to find.

Mr. Kalotra, a Sikh who immigrated to the United States 13 years ago from India, said that some Asian-American donors had skirted the law in trying to make their voices heard in Washington.

Previous NSC warnings about Huang and other Asian-American donors had been ignored, and fund raising was known to be a high priority.

The result of the media feeding frenzy over contributions and conspiracies involving a few Asian-American donors is that it has a chilling effect on Asian-American political participation.

And his substantial financial backing from Asian-American donors notwithstanding, Mr. Choi is hardly a conspicuous practitioner of traditional ethnic politics.

But among them isn't the fact, repeated in the third paragraph, that fund-raisers told Asian-American donors that "political contributions were the path to power."

They shed new light on the Democratic Party's concerted efforts to focus on and reward Asian-American donors and to curry favor with government and business officials of both China and Taiwan.

What is more, many of the candidates can count on backing from Asian-American donors this year, though Mr. Hevesi has clearly been the most successful in this regard.

Melissa Bonney, press secretary for the committee, said the committee had apologized to Asian-American donors for the way the investigation had been handled.