In the case known as "Filegate" Judicial Watch is representing plaintiffs in a class-action suit filed by the White House employees of Reagan and G.H.W. Bush administrations whose FBI files were wrongly accessed by the Clinton-Gore White House. The Clinton White House and the FBI are being sued under the federal Privacy Act, while the defendants Bernard Nussbaum, Craig Livingstone, Anthony Marceca and Hillary Clinton are being sued for common law tort of invasion of privacy.
"Filegate" consists of the over 900 FBI files which were illegally acquired by the Clinton-Gore White House and the misuse of other government files protected by The Privacy Act, in order to gather information to smear political adversaries and critics.
Keep in mind that Chuck Colson spent seven months in prison for illegal possession of a single FBI file as part of the Watergate prosecutions.
Sworn testimony of two Clinton-Gore White House whistleblowers showed that over 100,000 (and perhaps as many as 1,000,000) e-mails, in addition to about 500 hard drive cartridges, which contained incriminating evidence concerning Filegate, Travelgate, Chinagate, Lewinsky and other Clinton scandals were tampered with.
Case Status
Awaiting rulings by the Court on the following: 1) Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Depose Hillary Clinton (filed 6/30/99); 2) Hillary Clinton's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 7/6/99); 3) Plaintiff's Memorandum Concerning Substitution and Class Certification (filed 8/9/99); 4) Plaintiff's Memorandum in Support of Findings of Fact (filed 1/24/01); 5) FBI's Motion for Summary Judgment (filed 1/19/01); Last Pleading filed 4/1/04
PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF LINDA R. TRIPP FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER AND OBJECTION TO SUBPOENA - (Intro) Ms. Linda R. Tripp moves the court for a protective order and objects to Plaintiffs' subpoena regarding her upcoming, September 4, 1998 deposition. Although Plaintiffs agreed to postpone Mr. Tripp's deposition, first until after she had completed her grand jury testimony, then again to accommodate her schedule and the schedule of her counsel, she now objects to the timing of her deposition...
SECOND DECLARATION OF SHERYL L. HALL - Sworn Declaration By Former White House Computer Specialist, Sheryl L. Hall, as presented to Judge Royce Lamberth
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT PENDING MOTION REGARDING DEPOSITION OF BETSY POND AND SUPPLEMENT THERETO - Plaintiffs’ motion and reply briefs set forth their concerns about the deposition testimony of Betsy Pond, and propose certain remedial measures designed to maximize the chances for candid, truthful, and relevant testimony from her. As the Court knows, Linda Tripp recently testified that it was Betsy Pond who told her that she was inputting data from FBI files onto a computer in the White House Counsel’s Office. Ms. Tripp also testified . . .
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Re-Designation of Witness Concerning "WHODB" Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) and for Attorneys' Fees and Costs
MOTION TO COMPEL DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER DEPOSITION TESTIMONY FROM LANNY J. DAVIS AND FOR SANCTIONS - On July 30, 1998, Plaintiffs deposed Mr. Lanny Davis, Esq., a figure central to the Filegate scandal and essential to Plaintiffs' discovery efforts. Mr. Davis testified during his deposition that he was hired by Clinton White House Counsel's office and worked closely with that office during his tenure as Special Counsel to the President...
PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SURREPLY; SURREPLY TO UNITED STATES' MOTION FOR LIMITED INTERVENTION AND TO STAY SUBPOENA ISSUED TO LINDA R. TRIPP - (Intro) Yesterday, September 2, 1998, Plaintiffs asked Mr. Zaccagnini to fax them a copy of any motion that he might file on behalf of Ms. Tripp concerning her upcoming, September 4, 1998 deposition. First, Mr. Zaccagnini agreed, but late yesterday evening imposed a condition that he would not fax Plaintiffs Ms. Tripp's motion unless Plaintiffs provided him with a copy of their opposition to the independent counsel staff's motion to intervene and for a stay of Ms. Tripp's deposition...
DECLARATION OF HOWARD SPARKS - Sworn statement from a current network specialist with the White House's Office of Administration regarding the storage and handling of e-mail within the Office of the Vice President
MOTION FOR EMERGENCY ORDER COMPELLING THE DEPOSITION OF GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS - (Intro) Defendant Executive Office of the President's ("the White House"), and its allies', obvious threat to use the "Ellen Rometsch" strategy of blackmailing individuals by disseminating information from government files was first revealed in a February 8, 1998 nationally televised interview of George Stephanopoulos ("Stephanopoulos"), a former advisor of the White House...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter comes before the court on Motion for Reconsideration filed by counsel for James Carville. Upon consideration of the submissions of the parties and the relevant law, the motion for reconsideration is DENIED.
PLAINTIFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO DEFENDANT HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - Plaintiffs, Cara Leslie Alexander, David Lee Black, Marjorie A. Bridgman, and Joseph N. Cate, by counsel and pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby request that Defendant Hillary Rodham Clinton produce the originals of documents described below within thirty (30) days of service of this notice...
PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS - (Intro) In a June 12, 1997 Memorandum Opinion, the Court denied a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Executive Office of the President ("EOP") in which EOP claimed that the White House Office of Personnel Security ("OPS") and the White House Office of Records Management ("ORM") -- the two (2) entities which unlawfully obtained and maintained FBI background investigation files on over 900 former Reagan and Bush Administration appointees and employees...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion [363] to Compel Further Testimony and Further Production of Documents from Kenneth Bacon and for Sanctions. Upon consideration of plaintiffs’ motion, Bacon’s and the U.S. Department of Defense’s oppositions, and plaintiffs’ replies thereto, the court will GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART plaintiffs’ motion, as discussed and ordered below.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion [362] to Compel Further Production of Documents from the U.S. Department of Defense and for Sanctions and Department of Defense’s Motion [N/D] to File Supplemental Declaration of Eleanor Hill Ex Parte and Under Seal. Upon consideration of these motions, oppositions, and replies thereto, and after an in camera review of all documents for which the Department of Defense claims a privilege, the court will GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART plaintiffs’ motion [362] to compel and GRANT Department of Defense’s Motion [N/D] to File Supplemental Declaration of Eleanor Hill Ex Parte and Under Seal, as discussed and ordered below.
PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO UNITED STATES' MOTION FOR LIMITED INTERVENTION AND TO STAY SUBPOENA ISSUED TO LINDA R. TRIPP - (Intro) At its heart, the independent counsel staff's motion is flawed factually, legally and procedurally. For instance, in summarizing the factual underpinning of its request, the independent counsel staff incorrectly states " . . . plaintiffs' actions reveal that Ms. Tripp is not a central witness to their case." See Motion at 9. Nothing could be further from the truth, and for this reason alone the motion must fail...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter came before the court for a status conference on December 19, 1997. Upon consideration of the submissions of the parties, oral arguments, and the relevant law, it is hereby ORDERED that the motions to strike plaintiffs' motions to compel submitted by defendants Anthony Marceca, Craig Livingstone, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Executive Office of the President ("EOP"), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") are hereby GRANTED...
PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER DEPOSITION TESTIMONY OF TERRY W. GOOD AND FOR SANCTIONS - On June 30, 1998 and July 2, 1998, Plaintiffs deposed Mr. Terry W. Good, Director of the Office of Records Management ("ORM") in the Clinton White House. At his deposition, Mr. Good provided important evidence that revealed a wholesale disregard for The Privacy Act by the Clinton White House...
PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR A STATUS CONFERENCE - Plaintiffs hereby respectfully request that a status conference be held in the above-captioned matter at the earliest practicable date. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
