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JW Sues Gephardt in his Own Backyard Democrat Presidential Hopeful Assaulted Campaign Opponent, Orchestrated Cover-up On June 6, Judicial Watch launched another front in its legal campaign against Dick Gephardt by filing a lawsuit against the Missouri Congressman in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Gephardt is being charged with assault, abuse of process and malicious prosecution in connection with a campaign incident involving Gephardt¹s 2000 election challenger, conservative William Federer. "No matter how high and powerful Gephardt is, he is not above the law," said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. "Judicial Watch intends to push forward with this case and hold the Congressman responsible for the dirty and dangerous tricks he used to win the election." During a St. Louis parade on October 7, 2000, Gephardt aide James Larrew, allegedly at the direction of Gephardt, stalked Mr. Federer and then provoked a confrontation with him in order to cause negative publicity for Federer in what had been a tightly contested race. As Mr. Federer passed by, Larrew stepped into his path and swung a video camera within inches of Mr. Federer’s face. He then stepped on Mr. Federer’s foot and shoved him with his elbow. Gephardt and his agents then manufactured a frivolous assault charge against Mr. Federer, and used Gephardt’s influence to push it through the Democrat-controlled legal system in order to further damage Mr. Federer’s reputation. A jury recently acquitted Mr. Federer of all charges, taking less than 35 minutes to return the verdict. JW’s St. Louis County lawsuit against Gephardt complements
a civil rights suit filed by JW in federal court in May 2002. The
federal case was wrongly dismissed in October 2002, and is now being
considered for reinstatement.
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