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| Nov 28, 1997 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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The American people do not need to turn to Steven Spielberg or Hollywood for fantasy this holiday season. Instead, they can just take a few moments from their busy shopping schedules to read the news coming out of our nation's capitol As reported by William Safire, John Huang remains as secure as a "bug in a rug," undoubtedly spending his holidays at his home in Glendale, California, as the Reno Justice Department, according to New Yorker magazine, prepares to indict Charley Trie, who has fled to China. Of course, an indictment of Charley Trie is of no legal or other consequence, but it will "look good" for Ms. Reno, who can then claim an aggressive prosecution, despite evidence by Judicial Watch and others that she and her staff of crack career investigators have been doing virtually nothing. If indicted, Mr. Trie will simply stay in China, face no punishment and provide no evidence, and continue to stonewall what may be the biggest scandal in U.S. history. In today's editorial page, The Washington Post lauds President Clinton for negotiating an end to foreign corrupt practices, including the bribery of government officials. Overlooking that the American campaign finance scandal is essentially about bribing U.S. government officials in the Clinton Administration -- particularly by foreign interests from China -- The Post also forgets that the monies which President and Mrs. Clinton received into their legal defense fund (including the $600,000 plus laundered by Charley Trie from Communist Chinese banks), was not reported as income on the Clintons' tax returns. Ironically, the fund has never returned, nor reported, the interest on the laundered Trie money, which the Clintons refuse to declare as income on their joint tax returns. The anti-bribery code which the Clinton Administration negotiated eliminates tax deductions for foreign bribes, previously allowable under the French and German tax laws. Apparently, under U.S. law, President and Mrs. Clinton don't have to report their income at all. Finally, as reported in today's Washington Times, Senator Arlen Specter continues to talk big, but carry no stick in his criticism of the Attorney General's refusal to appoint an independent counsel. Writing one of his now "patented" letters to Reno, Specter calls again for an independent counsel, secure that his missive will have no impact. For Senator Specter, this is good news, since he, himself, has been implicated in the Teamsters'/campaign finance scandal by none other than the conservative Washington Times. "Perhaps the biggest gift the American people could receive from their 'government' this holiday season, would be an end to hypocrisy and dishonesty," stated Larry Klayman, Chairman of Judicial Watch, the group that deposed John Huang and sparked the current campaign finance scandal." In closing, he added: "And to many in government, a bad night!" |
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