While Hillary Clinton travels the country from book signing to book signing pushing her "non-fiction" memoir, Judicial Watch continues to plow ahead on a number of legal fronts against the former first lady. In fact, on June 18, the Los Angeles Times published a story confirming that Judicial Watch¹s campaign finance scandal case against Mrs. Clinton is heating up.

"A federal inquiry into the activities of Aaron Tonken is examining his involvement with a $1-million Hollywood political event for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign," wrote the Los Angeles Times. "Controversy erupted around the gala when Peter F. Paul, a Web entrepreneur now awaiting extradition from Brazil to face trial on U.S. securities fraud charges, claimed to have underwritten it with in-kind contributions totaling nearly $2 million. Paul is represented by Larry Klayman, whose Judicial Watch organization dogged the Clintons repeatedly with lawsuits during Clinton's eight-year presidency."

The Los Angeles Times had it mostly correct. Mr. Paul did not simply "claim" to have underwritten the event, he has the evidence to prove it. And Judicial Watch is far from finished "dogging" the Clintons simply because Bill Clinton is out of office.

"It’s only a matter of time before Hillary is forced to answer for her crimes before a court of law," said JW President Tom Fitton. "Only then will the true history of Hillary Clinton be revealed."

The federal criminal probe of Senator Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign fundraising practices and Tonken’s other legally questionable charity work are a direct result of a series of legal actions taken by Judicial Watch. The case involves a celebrity gala held in the Clintons’ honor on August 12, 2000. Celebrities such as Cher, Brad Pitt and John Travolta attended the event to pay tribute to Bill Clinton and to give Hillary’s New York Senate bid a much-needed financial shot in the arm. The event was funded to the tune of $2 million by JW client Peter Paul and brought in an additional $1.5 million in donations. The Clintons had fraudulently induced Paul to fund the event. But more importantly, Hillary Clinton never reported the campaign donations to the Federal Election Commission as is required by law.

When questioned after the event as to Mr. Paul’s involvement, Mrs. Clinton not only denied that she knew Mr. Paul had organized the event, she claimed she did not even know Mr. Paul personally. The problem for Mrs. Clinton, however, is that Mr. Paul had the evidence to prove Mrs. Clinton lied. Copies of checks, bank statements, personal letters from the Clintons and video footage are now in the hands of Justice Department investigators, who are moving forward, albeit not at the pace Judicial Watch would like.

"The Justice Department has dragged its feet in terms of investigating the Clintons in a number of different scandals," continued Fitton. "However, this case against the Clintons is so strong and so explosive, the Justice Department has been forced to uncharacteristically do something."

Late last year, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Paul can be extradited to the United States, where he faces alleged stock and bank fraud violations. Upon his return, he intends to testify in a court of law with respect to the Clintons’ criminality. Perhaps then the long, sad chapter of American history dominated by the Clintons can finally be closed.