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COURT ORDERS "MINI-TRIAL" ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ISSUE IN E-MAIL SCANDAL

Demonstration Of How Easy It Is To Copy "Lost" E-Mail To Take Place Tomorrow � Friday, July 21, 2000



(Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, the public-interest law firm which prosecutes government corruption, was in court today before the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth on the e-mail scandal in its Filegate case. Three major developments occurred.

First, the Court ordered a long-awaited evidentiary hearing -- in effect a "mini-trial" -- on the issue of the alleged coverup and obstruction of justice at The Clinton-Gore White House, where contractors and others were threatened with prison if they revealed the unproduced e-mail to Judicial Watch, the Court, and government investigators. This evidentiary hearing will take place beginning on Monday, July 31, 2000.

Second, at the evidentiary hearing, plaintiffs in Judicial Watch's Filegate lawsuit will call witnesses from The Clinton-Gore White House and other sources. The Court stated that it will hold a hearing within the next 11 days to discuss procedures.

Third, the Court ordered a demonstration of the alleged ease of copying the "lost" e-mail by On Track Data International, the leading firm in data copying and retrieval. As demonstrated during the evidentiary hearings held in the past two weeks, The Clinton-Gore White House passed over On Track -- who can restore the missing e-mail at ten times the speed of the so-called experts hired by The Clinton-Gore White House -- in favor of unknown firms who lacked competence and who have conflicts of interest. Accordingly, plaintiffs will be able to show the Court that the e-mail copying and retrieval can be done quickly and that, indeed, the hiring of so-called experts by the Clinton-Gore White House was yet another clever means to its continuing obstruction of justice.

"The Court has put in place a procedure whereby justice can now be done," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.

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