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| For Immediate Release | |
| Dec 18, 1998 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Clinton Plays Both "Wag the Dog" and "Ellen Rometsch" Cards Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman today said that the impeachment of President Clinton is being all but guaranteed by the Administration’s desperate actions to divert public attention from the impending action by the House of Representatives. Klayman cited both the "Wag the Dog" strategy in Iraq and the last minute "outing" of Speaker-elect Bob Livingston’s sexual history as calculated attempts to stave off impeachment. "First Clinton ‘wags the dog’ in Iraq," Klayman said. "That only bought him a one-day stay, so the White House returned to an old favorite -- the ‘Ellen Rometsch’ strategy -- and used it on Bob Livingston." The "Ellen Rometsch" strategy refers to Kennedy Administration’s use of FBI files to blackmail Republican leaders who wanted to investigate the President’s liaisons with the East German spy of the same name. Former White House aide George Stephanopoulos revealed on ABC’s "This Week" that White House allies were implementing the "Ellen Rometsch" strategy against its political enemies. "We’ve seen the Clinton White House do this before," Klayman said. "This Administration has time and again attempted to silence its opponents by going public with secrets about their personal lives. It is likely that Clinton’s designated attack dog James Carville was involved in the effort to smear Livingston, particularly given his ties to Larry Flynt, who put a bounty on the heads of Republicans. "It is also possible that the White House made use of illegally obtained FBI files in this last, desperate attempt to derail impeachment," Klayman added. "Judicial Watch is continuing to pursue its ‘Filegate’ case, which has revealed that the Clinton Administration engaged in the widespread and systematic violation of rights of American citizens in order to dig up dirt on its enemies and use it for political purposes. "This cynical and manipulative conduct by the White House in the days and hours before the House impeachment vote, clearly demonstrates what the Clinton Administration is all about," Klayman concluded. "The American people will demand justice. They will demand Clinton’s impeachment and removal from office." |
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