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| Jul 3, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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White House Chief of Staff Engaged In Likely Criminality In Clinton-Gore White House Today's Washington Post Profile Does Not Tell Full Story (Washington, D.C.)Today The Washington Post ran a "fluff piece" on John Podesta's tenure in the Clinton-Gore White House. The profile, written by John Babington, ranks Mr. Podesta as perhaps the finest chief of staff during the Clinton-Gore tenure -- however, this depends on how you define "finest." First, for instance, according to Ms. Nolanda Hill (long-time confidante of former Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown), Mr. Podesta, along with Mr. Leon Panetta (former White House Chief of Staff) instructed Brown to obstruct and violate court orders to produce documents issued by Judge Royce C. Lamberth in the lawsuit which uncovered John Huang and sparked the Chinagate scandal. Second, documents produced during the burgeoning e-mail scandal show that Mr. Podesta was advised of the "e-mail problem" over two years ago, but consistent with his behavior in Judicial Watch's Chinagate case, he likely obstructed justice yet again and kept the e-mail hidden from investigators. Third, according to testimony in Judicial Watch's $90-million class action Filegate lawsuit, and other sources, Mr. Podesta ran and participated in the scandal operations in the Clinton-Gore White House -- namely the use of taxpayer monies to coverup Clinton-Gore scandals. Judicial Watch is pursuing justice for Mr. Podesta in a number of its lawsuits, and indeed, the story of his tenure will be different by the time the public interest law firm is finished. It is a regrettable that he would be acclaimed during the July 4th weekend, since, as much as anyone in the White House, he has obstructed justice contrary to the interests of the American people. |
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