| Printed from JudicialWatch.org Apr 13, 1999 |
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COMES ON SAME DAY THAT MC DOUGAL ACQUITTED NOLANDA HILL CAME FORWARD AND GOT INDICTED (April 12, 1999, Washington, DC) Today yielded several decisions in the Clinton scandals, underscoring the inequities in our legal system. First, Judge Wright issued an order finding President Clinton in only civil contempt. It was a meaningless slap on the wrist. Indeed, liberal newspapers, such as the Washington Post, had advanced this punishment, undoubtedly to take the pressure off Democrats going into the elections in 2000. Dolly Kyle Browning had asked for criminal contempt, and Judicial Watch will appeal Wright�s decision not to conduct a criminal trial and impose a maximum punishment. Second, today Susan McDougal was acquitted on one count and a hung jury resulted for two of the other criminal charges lodged by Ken Starr. While Susan McDougal was being let off the hook today due to jury nullification, Nolanda Hill, who unlike McDougal, came forward to tell the truth about the Clintons� involvement in Chinagate, was indicted by the Reno Justice Department to try to keep her quiet. Today, she received six months incarceration for alleged tax illegalities which she committed with former Clinton Commerce Department Secretary Ron Brown over alleged misuse of public financing. In the same investigation of Miss Hill, Michael Brown reportedly laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal money from friends of John Huang into his father�s, Ron Brown�s, accounts, but was let go by the Reno Justice Department with no jail time and only probation. His sole punishment consists of sending a fax to the probation officer each time he travels outside of the District of Columbia. "The legal system is in a shambles. Clinton and his cronies go free or get slaps on the wrist, where those who want to tell the truth get indicted and jail time. Judicial Watch will work hard to turn this bad situation around," stated Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman and President Tom Fitton. | |