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| Aug 12, 1997 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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DOCUMENTS TO SHOW TRIE ADVISED CLINTON ON TRADE POLICY PUBLIC INTEREST GROUP WINS ANOTHER COURT BATTLE Judicial Watch has forced the disclosure of over a 100,000 documents detailing Charlie Trie’s duties as a member of the Commission on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy. As a result of its court case against the Commission, Judicial Watch now has in its possession these documents which are available to the press. The Commission was responsible for advising President Clinton on China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) status. Charlie Trie is currently hiding in China and has refused to speak with Congressional investigators. Trie laundered over $600,000 in illegal foreign contributions, including from Communist Chinese sources, for the President’s Legal Expense Trust. Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman stated: "Charlie Trie, a likely Communist Chinese agent, was a Little-Rock restaurateur with little or no qualifications to serve on an important trade advisory committee. Yet, by executive order President Clinton expanded the Commission to allow Trie both a participatory role in U.S.-China trade policy and access to U.S. trade secrets. The hundreds of thousands of documents Judicial Watch now has in its possession will help to reveal the true Charlie Trie and, more importantly, the President’s role in his appointment and activities." Judicial Watch invites all interested members of the media to come to Judicial Watch’s Washington D.C. headquarters in order to inspect the documents. Also welcome to view the documents are any interested Congressional staff members or investigators, Democrat or Republican, as well as the Clinton Justice Department. The Clinton Justice Department, which contrary to the "conventional wisdom" of the mainstream media, has not been conducting a thorough investigation of the campaign finance scandal, but is instead in a "delay" mode. Judicial Watch depositions confirm that the Clinton Justice Department has not yet questioned, nor called before the grand jury, key government officials implicated in the scandal. As Attorney General Janet Reno looked the other way, 51 witness have fled the country or are taking the Fifth Amendment. Judicial Watch will not "look the other way" and is conducting its investigation on behalf of the American public. |
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