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 For Immediate Release
Oct 13, 1997 Contact: Press Office
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JUDICIAL WATCH HAS EVIDENCE THAT RENO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND CONGRESS HAVE NOT BEEN CONDUCTING VIGOROUS INVESTIGATIONS OF CLINTON FUNDRAISING

Evidence Ignored By Reno/Republican Senators for Ten Months


In the October issue of American Spectator, "Who is Bruce Hegyi?", Byron York details some of the obstruction by the Reno Justice Department in the case which uncovered John Huang and the current campaign finance scandal. This case, filed by Judicial Watch, was defended by Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney, and now number two at the Reno Justice Department. Holder admittedly was a close friend of Ron Brown, the former Commerce Secretary who participated in selling seats on overseas trade missions for large Clinton/Gore-Democrat campaign contributions. Nolanda Hill, the business associate and "confidante" of Brown, has confirmed that the trade missions were sold (see DNC brochure and documents in Harold Ickes' files, available at Judicial Watch), in violation of 18 U.S.C. 600 of the U.S. Criminal Code. Neither Reno nor Congressional investigators have questioned Ms. Hill. The sale of these taxpayer financed seats on trade missions, coordinated by Ickes and Alexis Herman on behalf of President Clinton, is a clear-cut violation of law which implicates the President in criminal activity, for which an independent counsel must be appointed. In its case against the Clinton Commerce Department, Judicial Watch has documented obstruction by the Clinton Justice and/or Commerce Departments in ways which include but are not limited to:

    1. Shredding of documents, at the request of John Huang, by his secretary;
    2. Removal of documents by David Rothkopf, the number 3 Commerce official who worked with John Huang and now works for Kissinger and Associates;
    3. Suppression of minority donor lists and fax communications from the DNC to the Commerce Department, recommending donors for trade missions;
    4. False testimony of John Huang, who represented under oath that he was "a budget clerk," "participated in no fundraising," and "kept no records at the Commerce Department" (such documents have since been found in his DNC files);
    5. Discovery of a detailed desk calendar of John Huang, which details most of his activity at the Commerce Department;
    6. Unauthorized removal of national security satellite encryption documents from the Commerce Department by a John Huang confidant.
    7. Failure of Reno to question most of the 40 Commerce officials involved in the scandal, as confirmed by Judicial Watch depositions, including John Huang's secretary.
"All of this evidence has been available to Senate investigators yet they now claim that they are out of witnesses and evidence," stated Larry Klayman, Chairman of Judicial Watch.


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