Senate Whitewashes Probe of Judicial Nominee
How Bill Clinton Compromised National Security

The judicial nomination process is intended to weed out those candidates unfit to serve due either to lack of experience, or to lack of character. This process has been abused recently with the backlog of qualified Bush nominees to the bench blocked by ultra-leftist Democrats due to philosophical objections. However, one potentially unfit candidate slipped through without enough scrutiny, despite Judicial Watch¹s best attempts to educate Members of Congress.

Michael Chertoff, who was nominated by President Bush to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, received approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee, clearing the way for a subsequent vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate. At one time Chertoff, worked closely with members of the Judiciary Committee while serving as special counsel on the Senate Whitewater committee investigating the Clintons¹ corrupt land deal.

Judicial Watch met with Committee investigators on May 29, clearly laying out a detailed case against Mr. Chertoff, which included audio and video exhibits and direct evidentiary admissions by an FBI crime operative. Judicial Watch provided Committee investigators with a chronology of alleged Justice Department misuse of organized crime operatives by the FBI and other U.S. government agencies in the District of New Jersey (among other northeastern U.S. jurisdictions), while Mr. Chertoff served as the U.S. Attorney.

In addition to meeting with Committee investigators, Judicial Watch also wrote numerous letters and met with Senators individually to provide as much information as possible about Chertoff’s actions. After a brief "investigation" that lasted a grand total of three working days, Senators Hatch (R-UT) and Leahy (D-VT) issued a joint press release suggesting there was "no credible evidence" linking Chertoff to any wrongdoing.

"Of course there is no credible evidence," said JW Chairman Larry Klayman in an interview with the Washington Times. "There was no credible investigation. The Senators are going to ram his nomination through the process without doing their duty, because to open up this ‘can of worms’ would only expose a whole new level of deceit and corruption."

Judiciary Committee members failed to conduct any meaningful interviews or pursue any of the investigative leads provided by Judicial Watch.










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