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| Aug 8, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Selection Of Lieberman Proves Again That Senate Campaign Finance Hearings Were A Sham In Addition, Former Chief Counsel Of Thompson Committee Now Represents Judge Norma Holloway Johnson (Washington, D.C.) The selection of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Ct.) by Al Gore as the Democratic vice presidential nominee underscores the elitism and hypocrisy of the Washington Establishment. Senator Lieberman, who frequently talks a "good game" about ethics and morality, sat as a key senator on the Thompson Campaign Finance Hearings of the Government Affairs Committee. During these hearings, uncontroverted evidence was presented showing that Al Gore had violated not just campaign finance laws, but likely participated in the compromise of national security. During the televised proceedings, Senator Lieberman would often wax eloquent about how terrible the unfolding Chinagate scandal was, and how something needed to be done about it. Joining Senator Lieberman in the hypocrisy was Senator Fred Thompson, who himself was reported to have received contributions from a Miami advisor to Fidel Castro. Three other senators on the Thompson Committee were reported to have taken money generated by John Huang, and one from the Calabrese crime family. It, therefore, comes as no surprise that Senator Lieberman would now join the Clinton-Gore crime family and put aside his professed sense of ethics and morality for higher political office. In yet another outrage, former Chief Counsel of the Thompson Committee, Mike Madigan, is now representing the judge – the Honorable Norma Holloway Johnson – who, in an investigation by the Judicial Council, is alleged to have assigned, outside of the random system, key Chinagate cases involving Bill Clinton's and Al Gore's conduct to recent Clinton-Gore appointees of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. "In Washington, there is generally no sense of right and wrong, or for that matter any overriding principles – except personal back-scratching and advancement. Senator Lieberman, Senator Thompson, and former Chief Counsel Madigan embody these precepts and know only how to talk a good game to fool the American people. What we are witnessing is a near total breakdown of our legal system and these persons, along with others, are responsible," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. |
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