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| Dec 2, 1998 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Amicus Curiae Brief Still Pending Before U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman today said that the government watchdog organization's motion in the Paula Jones suit is still alive, despite the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's decision not to act on it. The Judicial Watch motion asking the court not to dismiss the Jones sexual harassment suit against President Clinton is still pending before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. "Judicial Watch filed amicus curiae briefs is this case because President Clinton cannot be allowed to use illegally obtained monies to fulfill his settlement agreement with Mrs. Jones," Klayman said. "The law (5 U.S.C. 7353) prohibits any federal official - including the President - from soliciting, accepting or benefitting from monies from private citizens. The very existence of the Clinton legal defense fund violates the law. The Jones case cannot be dismissed, because the funds to be used in its settlement were raised illegally." Judicial Watch filed its amicus curiae briefs with the two courts on November 17, 1998. The public interest law firm also threatened similar action to quash New York real estate magnate Abe Hirschfeld's attempt to settle the case for $1 million. "Our motion is still pending before Judge Wright in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas," Klayman added. "This suit should not be dismissed, because the funds in question are tainted. Bill Clinton should not be allowed to break the law to pay for the consequences of his actions. To pay Paula Jones, he should take a bank loan - at market rates - just as any ordinary citizen would be forced to do in such a circumstance." |
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