Printed from JudicialWatch.org Oct 11, 2000 |
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Independent Counsel Provides Evidence That Michelle Peterson Lied During Testimony Solicited by Judicial Watch Sheryl Hall, The Whistleblower Who Revealed The E-Mail Scandal, Previously Testified That Statements Were Made by Ms. Peterson Indicating The Clinton-Gore White House�s Strategy Was To Delay The Proceedings Until The Clintons Left Office (Washington, D.C.) In documents released today by the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, it was revealed that the White House and its counsel Michelle Peterson � the individual who Sheryl Hall testified told her of a plan to delay Judicial Watch�s Filegate lawsuit until the Clintons left office � may be subject to harsh penalties for allegedly providing false evidence in Judicial Watch�s ongoing Filegate lawsuit. A letter from the Office of Independent Counsel (OIC), signed by Jay Apperson, Deputy Independent Counsel, states in part:
. . . I recall it happening on more than one occasion with respect to Independent Counsel Office. The transcript . . . then reflects the following question and Ms. Peterson�s answer:
A. It was certainly my practice and it was certainly the policy and practice of Mr. Ruff who headed the office as soon as anything was found that had not been produced, we were required to immediately produce it. This Office is aware that this testimony is contrary to the practice of that office during the time period in which Ms. Peterson was Associate Counsel, and perhaps more important, that Ms. Peterson should reasonably be aware of this fact in that she personally participated in such contrary practice. This Office has an obligation to assure that inaccurate testimony is corrected, and assure that counsel fulfill their professional obligation to assure such correction. �Judicial Watch applauds the diligence of Deputy Independent Counsel Jay Apperson in bringing these serious matters to the attention of the Court. They point to a pattern and practice by the Clinton-Gore White House of obstructing justice and lying in the various Clinton-Gore scandals,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. |