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| For Immediate Release | |
| Nov 13, 1998 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman today announced he has received a belated reply to his November 10th letter Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman today announced he has received a belated reply to his November 10th letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde. Klayman wrote to Hyde to offer his testimony during the upcoming impeachment hearings and to request clarification of how the Committee intends to handle evidence submitted by the public interest watchdog group in its Interim Report. "We hand delivered a letter to Chairman Hyde on November 10th which asked whether the House Judiciary Committee planned to investigate presidential high crimes and misdemeanors outlined in the Judicial Watch Interim Report," Klayman said. "We also offered to provide testimony during the committee's hearings. Although we requested a reply by noon on November 12th -- an hour before we scheduled a news conference to discuss our request to the Committee, we did not hear from Mr. Hyde until we received a fax from his office at 5:34 p.m. yesterday." The following is the text of the Hyde reply to Judicial Watch: "Your letter of November 10th arrived this afternoon shortly before your scheduled press conference at 1 p.m. Judicial Watch's Interim Report, and Evidence and Documentation Contained Therein, has been received by the Committee and forwarded to our chief investigator, David Schippers. I am advised by Mr. Schippers that every page of your submission has been reviewed by him and his staff. At this time, no decision has been made as to whether to call Judicial Watch as a witness before the Committee. If the Committee should so decide, you will be notified immediately.""Judicial Watch and its millions of supporters intend to hold Chairman Hyde to his word," Klayman concluded. "To ignore the substantial and compelling evidence of presidential wrong-doing in the scandals that have come to be known as ‘Chinagate,' ‘Filegate,' ‘IRS-gate' and ‘Trustgate,' and not include it in the impeachment inquiry, would amount to a dereliction of duty on the part of Congress. While we appreciate the belated response, actions speak louder than words." |
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