Justice Department press release: Maria Hsia campaign finance conviction

The Justice Department press release announcing Maria Hsia's campaign finance conviction, issued by the United States Department of Justice in 1998, is the government's own official announcement of the outcome of a federal prosecution connected to the 1996 campaign finance controversy involving fundraising at a Buddhist temple. As the government's own primary announcement, it is fully authoritative for what it states about the case's official outcome, which is the fact this atlas cites it for. It is a prosecutorial announcement rather than an independent journalistic or historical account of the broader controversy, which needs separate sourcing.