In the early 1990’s, President and Hillary Clinton violated the privacy rights of their perceived political enemies by wrongly accessing and misusing the FBI files of the Reagan and first Bush Administration staffers, among others. Over 900 files were illegally gathered. This scandal became known as “Filegate.”

In an effort to discredit the women who charged President Clinton with sexual misconduct, personal files and papers were illegally obtained and released.  The courts found, under the Privacy Act, that privacy of Linda Tripp and Kathleen Willey had been violated.

When faced with discovery, the Clinton-Gore White House further compounded their legal troubles by launching a cover-up and failing to turn over documents as required by subpoena. (Learn more about White House E-mail Scandal.)

Through pre-trial discovery, Judicial Watch was able to link Mrs. Clinton directly to the center of the Filegate controversy.

CASE DOCUMENTS - ALEXANDER et. al. v. FBI, et. al.

• Depositions
• Court Filings and Declarations

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• Filegate - Did They Take your file? The list of FBI files taken by the Clinton White House.
• Privacy Act
• Press Releases

RELATED CASES

For further information about this investigation and related cases, use these links:

• Whitehouse E-mail Scandal
• Whistleblower Protection – Sheryl Hall
• Whistleblower Protection – Betty Lambuth
• Whistleblower Protection – Dennis Sculimbrene
• Invasion of Privacy - Kathleen Willey