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| Apr 6, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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MOTION FILED IN $90-MILLION DOLLAR FILEGATE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT (Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm and anti-government corruption watchdog, has moved for criminal contempt proceedings against The Clinton-Gore White House, its officials, and its counsel for having submitted a false affidavit to the Court. Despite having been placed on notice of the "e-mail problem" over one-and-one-half years ago, The Clinton-Gore White House and its counsel submitted a false affidavit from a White House official claiming that there was no e-mail problem and that all e-mail had been captured on the "ARMS" system. Further, recently produced documents confirm that the official who swore to the affidavit – with the obvious assistance of counsel – knew that there was an e-mail problem in advance. In addition to Judicial Watch's motion for criminal contempt, the House Government Reform Committee has asked Attorney General Janet Reno to commence a criminal investigation over this conduct. "During the Clinton-Gore Administration, it has become routine to submit false affidavits and testimony to various courts of law. When this occurs, it is incumbent upon the affected courts to police the integrity of their process by commencing appropriate proceedings to address the harm to the specific case and the U.S. legal system as a whole. Indeed, Judge Susan Webber-Wright recently found the President in civil contempt of court for submitting false testimony in the Jones case," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. Judicial Watch's motion can be found at its website: www.JudicialWatch.org. |
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