Printed from JudicialWatch.org Dec 22, 2000 |
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If President-Elect Bush Allows Senator Ashcroft To Pursue Justice In Clinton-Gore Scandals, Judicial Watch Will Be There John Ashcroft Is A Social And Religious Conservative (Washington, DC) Today, it was announced by the Bush-Cheney Transition Team that former Senator John Ashcroft (R-Missouri) would be nominated to be the next Attorney General of the United States. While President-Elect Bush has previously stated that he will not encharge his new Justice Department to pursue the various ongoing Clinton-Gore scandals, Judicial Watch is pleased nevertheless with the selection of Senator Ashcroft (who is known by Larry Klayman), since he is not only a social and religious conservative and thus a man of faith, but he is also a man of integrity. Recently, following Janet Reno�s refusal to appoint a special counsel to investigate Al Gore, President-Elect Bush stated:
Following the Republican Convention, William Safire, in an article entitled �Exegesis of Acceptance� of August 7, 2000, wrote:
If President-Elect Bush has a change of heart and allows new Attorney General Ashcroft to pursue justice in the Clinton-Gore scandals, Judicial Watch will offer its expertise, knowledge and assistance. In addition, even if, as is likely, Senator Ashcroft does not obtain authorization to pursue the Clinton-Gore scandals, he will not stand in Judicial Watch�s way in obtaining justice in the public-interest law firm�s 80-plus lawsuits against President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and related scandal figures,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. �There can be no closure to this sad, tragic and ongoing chapter in American history until the Clintons, Al Gore, and their accomplices are brought to justice,� added Klayman. |