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JW Seeks Probe of Robert Ray Ray’s Political Ambitions Influenced Decision Not to Prosecute Clintons There are very few honest mistakes in Washington. And so, when Robert Ray prematurely concluded his investigation of Bill Clinton’s crimes, struck a sweetheart deal with the former president and issued his flawed, incomplete and misleading report, one had to question his motives. That question has been answered. Robert Ray, who was formally a Democrat, conveniently intended to run for Senate in New Jersey as a Republican candidate against incumbent Democrat Robert Torricelli. In fact, evidence shows that he began to campaign while still serving in his official capacity as Independent Counsel, a serious violation of both ethics and law. For this reason, Judicial Watch filed an official complaint with appropriate agencies, including the special three-judge panel charged with overseeing the Office of Independent Counsel. “Ray’s failure to bring criminal charges against former President Clinton, his wife, the junior Senator from New York, Hillary Clinton, and the rest of their henchmen is an enormous miscarriage of justice,” said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. “He never intended to seek true justice.” The fact that Ray’s investigation and the resulting report were flawed and incomplete is without question. Ray never bothered to review the 1.8 million “missing” White House e-mail uncovered by Judicial Watch. He failed to interview key witnesses with insight as to the inner workings of the Administration. Perhaps most shockingly, with respect to The White House’s attempts to keep the missing e-mail secret, Ray’s report falsely states: “No witness reported that they were told to lie to investigators or felt they were prevented from reporting matters to the appropriate law enforcement officials.” This directly contradicts sworn testimony by at least two material witnesses. What was once an open question, but now seems clear, is that Ray botched his investigation for one reason—to maintain his political prospects. First, he was able to keep political contacts he might have lost if he had taken a harder line against Clinton. And second, he was able to stick closely to his personal political timetable. No trial of the Clintons would be allowed to get in his way. As an Independent Counsel, Ray was legally barred from running for office. Now free of that responsibility, he has no such restriction, and by closing his investigation, he met the deadline to register to run for political office. Still, even by expediting his investigation, Ray felt the need to take lay the groundwork for his election run even before he concluded in his official capacity as Independent Counsel. Ray’s conduct is a disgrace and we intend to hold him accountable. Consider the following:
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