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| Jul 25, 2001 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Clinton Holdover Rossotti Made Decisions to Benefit Major IRS Contractor He Founded and Held Stock In -- Wife Also Worked For Company -- (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that it filed suit today to obtain documents and information concerning prima facie illegal conflict of interest involving Clinton holdover IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti. As IRS Commissioner, Rossotti has – despite longstanding law and ethics regulations – made decisions concerning a company he founded (and in which he still owned stock) that is a major contractor with the IRS. Rossotti’s spouse also continued to hold a position in the company (while her husband was IRS Commissioner). The company is American Management Systems, Inc. (AMS), which provides computer software for the IRS. To make matters worse, Rossotti received an “after the fact” conflict of interest waiver from the Clinton Administration in its final days – reminiscent of Clinton’s last-minute scandalous pardons – as part of a likely quid pro quo for conducting political audits against persons and entities adverse to the Clinton Administration. Judicial Watch requested documents from Rossotti about the scandal on June 6, 2001 and has yet to receive one document. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit was filed today in federal court in Washington, DC. Rossotti’s IRS has a long history of misdeeds, having audited many perceived adversaries of Bill and Hillary Clinton. As just one example, Juanita Broaddrick, who was raped by Bill Clinton, has been facing an audit by the IRS for over one year. The audit was commenced after she filed suit against the Clinton White House. Judicial Watch obtained Treasury Department documents showing that an IRS agent refused to take a polygraph concerning the motivation behind the obviously political Broaddrick audit. “Rossotti must go and be criminally prosecuted. As long as he remains Commissioner, the American people cannot trust the IRS. The fact that he is covering up his role in a major conflict of interest scandal makes him unfit to serve in this sensitive position,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. To view the court filing CLICK HERE (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
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