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| Oct 28, 1998 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Judicial Watch questions his conduct in MicroSoft case Joel Klein, the Clinton Justice appointee and Assistant Attorney General prosecuting the Microsoft anti- trust case was in the White House Counsel's Office during the time period that Republican FBI files were illegally gathered by the Clinton White House. Linda Tripp, who worked with Klein, has reportedly told Lucianne Goldberg that she saw FBI files being uploaded into a computer in the White House Counsel's office. William Kennedy, another former Klein colleague in the Clinton White House, testified in the Judicial Watch Filegate suit on October 15 that Linda Tripp had complained about the office procedures in Klein's office. Indeed, after the death of Vince Foster, Klein filled Foster's job and occupied his office. In the least, Mr. Klein was at "the scene of the crime" during Filegate. Nevertheless, he was promoted by President Clinton and Janet Reno and placed in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Clinton Justice Department. Judicial Watch will seek his deposition in its 90 million dollar class action lawsuit. Judicial Watch believes the involvement of the Reno Justice Department's "tainted" political operatives such as Joel Klein has pushed the ongoing antitrust action against Microsoft. "Is this a matter of the Clinton Administration once again doing favors for selected Clinton/Gore donors this time Microsoft's competitors in Silicon Valley and elsewhere?" asked Larry Klayman, Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel. Klayman was a trial lawyer on the famous AT&T case for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division in the Carter and Reagan administrations. "The recent news that Joel Klein had breakfast at the home of Netscape's CEO just before the suit against Microsoft was filed raises significant questions about Mr. Klein's possible involvement in a political hit," stated Klayman. "This Clinton Justice Department has no concept of conflict-of-interest." Judicial Watch will file a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act today with the Clinton Justice Department to see if politics and campaign contributions have influenced its actions against Microsoft, including whether some Republicans, such as Senator Orrin Hatch, have been involved in this. If there is not an adequate response, a lawsuit will later be filed. |
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