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| May 12, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Judicial Watch Seeks Information About Alleged Misuse of NYC Funds for Political Campaign (Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, Inc., a public-interest law firm which brings cases to uncover and redress government corruption, has filed today a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani over his failure, despite several requests, to produce documents about his use of city resources, if any, in pursuit of his political campaign for Senate against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Allegations had arisen that Mr. Giuliani, much like Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton, has been misusing taxpayer monies in support of his quest to become an U.S. Senator. Judicial Watch does not know whether these allegations are true or not, but as a public interest watchdog over government corruption, it has a duty to investigate them under the law. When Mr. Giuliani and the City of New York failed to produce the requested documents, Judicial Watch had no choice but to bring suit to obtain them. Indeed, the failure to produce documents, as required by law, raises an inference that Mr. Giuliani may be hiding something. Judicial Watch is pursuing similar litigation with regard to Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Judicial Watch, while nonpartisan, is a conservative public-interest group. "Conservatives have an obligation, as do liberals, to keep their own house in order if they are to maintain the moral authority to tell others, through words and actions, what to do. Judicial Watch did not bring this lawsuit against Mr. Giuliani to prove that it is nonpartisan; this had already been shown on many occasions. Rather, it brought this case because it was the right thing to do, in contrast to the dishonest non-action of many liberal ethics groups to the criminal and treasonous behavior of the Clinton-Gore Administration," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman and President Tom Fitton. |
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