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| Oct 3, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Earl Silbert May Confirm White House Knew of Threats to Contract Workers When: 4:30 p.m., Today, October 3 Where: U.S. Federal Courthouse, Rm. 21 3rd and Constitution Avenue Washington, DC Case: Cara Leslie Alexander v. FBI (Filegate) (Washington, DC) A former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia may confirm in court Tuesday that the White House Counsel’s Office was aware administration personnel threatened Northrop Grumman contract employees with prison if they disclosed the matter of “missing” White House e-mail subpoenaed in the Filegate scandal. Earl Silbert, who at the time represented Northrop Grumman, has so far claimed lack of memory in the affair, echoing former U.S. Attorney Charles Ruff, who served as White House Counsel during that period. Former White House and Northrop Grumman workers represented by Judicial Watch previously testified that they were threatened with job loss and prison if they revealed the documents were missing. The documents are connected to Filegate, the 90-million-dollar lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch over misappropriation and misuse of government files on Republican officials and others. As a result of the suit, newly recovered e-mail has more closely linked Vice President Al Gore with campaign finance irregularities. |
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