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CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CITED FOR EGREGIOUS MISCONDUCT For seven years, members of the Clinton Administration have employed a “lie, deny and delay” strategy with respect to Judicial Watch’s landmark Chinagate case. Thanks to persistence on the part of Judicial Watch and a brave federal judge, the Clinton Administration is being held accountable in a federal courtroom. On November 16, the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth ruled that the Clinton Commerce Department exercised “egregious misconduct” when it withheld documents from Judicial Watch in response to its Freedom of Information Act request. JW had uncovered evidence that Commerce Department lawyers conspired with Clinton Administration officials in the effort to stonewall discovery in the Judicial Watch’s Chinagate case. The documents in question must now be turned over to Judicial Watch. Those responsible for the cover-up face the possibility of criminal prosecution. JW will ask Judge Lamberth to hold them in criminal contempt, a motion the Judge has said he will entertain. In a separate ruling, Judge Lamberth ordered the close of discovery in the Chinagate case in 90-days. During this time span, Judicial Watch will depose a number of Clinton Administration officials, including White House lawyers Bruce Lindsey and Cheryl Mills. “This constitutes a major victory for Judicial Watch and its members,” said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. “Not only will Judicial Watch be able to continue building evidence to support its Chinagate investigation, but now members of the Clinton-Gore Administration could be held accountable in criminal proceedings as well.” It was Judicial Watch through its Freedom of Information Act request that first discovered the Clinton Commerce Department had sold trade mission seats in exchange for campaign contributions to the Democratic National Committee. Nolanda Hill, late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown’s business partner, testified before Judge Lamberth that this scheme was conceived by Hillary Clinton and carried out by Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
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