Ickes served as the chief of staff from May 2004 to February 2005, at which time he became president of ACT. ACT was formally dissolved in August 2005.

Aside from receiving money from Soros, ACT was also heavily funded by Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corporation, the Sierra Club and Service Employees International Union.

Mrs. Clinton has recently come under fire for her campaign connections to business Norman Hsu. Last week, the Wall Street Journal questioned Hsu’s meager income and his large campaign contributions to Clinton and the Democratic Party. Hsu turned himself into the authorities on an outstanding felony arrest for fraud on Friday.

Republican media outlets have suggested that the Hsu scandal is reminiscent of other Clinton campaign cash scandals. Following President Clinton’s successful 1996 re-election, a Justice Department task force found that foreign money had been funneled through First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office to benefit the Democratic Party.