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| For Immediate Release | |
| Mar 17, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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JUDICIAL WATCH CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL Timing and Circumstances of His Filegate Report Strange and Troubling (Washington, D.C.) Yesterday's forwarding of a Report purportedly exonerating the Clintons and others in the Filegate scandal, by the Independent Counsel, raises more questions than it claims to answer. First, why would Robert Ray leak the "results" of the Report, and then issue a press release praising the "substantial cooperation and assistance of The White House" when in fact the opposite has been true? For example, it was recently revealed by whistleblowers who worked in The White House that between 100,000 and 1-million e-mails, containing incriminating evidence about Filegate, and other Clinton-Gore scandals, have been suppressed. Further, these whistleblowers disclosed that the Clinton-Gore White House threatened to "jail" anyone who spoke about the suppression of evidence. In the course of this burgeoning scandal, it was later revealed that about 500 hard disk drive cartridges, containing key documents, were never searched in response to Judicial Watch, Congressional, and Independent Counsel subpoenas. "Despite offers by Judicial Watch to have these whistleblowers (who are clients) meet personally with Mr. Ray, he refused. This is in contrast with Chairman Dan Burton of the House Government Reform Committee, who found the time to personally investigate the facts," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. In addition, based on depositions in its $90-million dollar class action lawsuit, Judicial Watch is aware that the independent counsel has not substantively interviewed, nor called before the grand jury, most key witnesses in the Filegate scandal. These persons include but are not limited to: Linda Tripp (who testified that she witnessed FBI file misuse, ordered by Hillary Clinton), Bernard Nussbaum, Thomas "Mac" McLarty (Chief of Staff during Filegate), and a host of others. "The only logical explanation for Ray leaking and then sending his Report to the three judge panel, before the independent counsel's investigation is complete, is that he cut a deal with the Clinton-Gore Administration. In an article (enclosed) entitled "Justice Dept. Puts Starr Investigation on Hold, Sources Say," which appeared in The Washington Post on June 6, 1999, Roberto Suro suggests that Attorney General Janet Reno offered to not conduct an ethics investigation of alleged improprieties in the Independent Counsel's office, if its investigations were shut down, as Justice would then lack jurisdiction. It is likely that this explains Mr. Ray's bizarre conduct. As a result, Mr. Ray and his staff should now be investigated," Klayman added. |
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