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| For Immediate Release | |
| Sep 10, 1997 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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HYPOCRISY IN NATION'S CAPITOL RUNS RAMPANT Today Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel of Judicial Watch, observed: "To anyone who does not know the Washington, D.C., establishment, the news headlines today would lend the impression of a city and nation ‘gone mad.’ However, business as usual is the order of the day, with politicians attempting to cover up their crimes by proposing legislation that would ‘prevent them’ from committing the same crimes again; judges praising the fine ‘community service’ of a husband and wife who bribed politicians and then sentencing them to confinement at home with each other; and a major publication ignoring news about an important lawsuit, apparently because it has either been threatened or does not like the criticism leveled against it by the public interest group which brought the case. Hello world. This is the American capitol in the fall of 1997, three years before the turn of the century; a place where ethics, respect for the law and morality are as fluid as the people in charge. "At the same time that President Clinton is professing his undying commitment to campaign finance reform, his recent judicial appointee is sentencing Nora and Gene Lum lightly to confinement at home for campaign finance violations which pale in comparison to the crimes which were conveniently not charged against them by the President’s Attorney General (i.e., bribing a Clinton Cabinet official, Ron Brown, as reported by Peter Boyer’s "Frontline" piece, "The Fixers" and also see Insight Magazine, p. 6 of 8/18/97 issue), Don Fowler, previous DNC chairman, develops a faulty memory about his White House campaign finance involvement during Senate hearings. This is topped off by major news that the President's insurers have refused to continue paying monies for his defense in the Paula Jones case, thanks in large part to Judicial Watch's lawsuit against the carrier. The Washington Post, however, has refused to acknowledge the lawsuit (in today's and earlier editions), apparently because it has been threatened, or does not like previous criticism of its reporting by Judicial Watch. "The American people need to know the real truth about the Washington establishment. There is no longer any real sense of intellectual honesty, and unless the establishment in the nation’s capitol sets an example, this country is in deep trouble, and many Americans will continue to be mislead." |
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