| For Immediate Release Jan 12, 2001 |
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E-MAIL HEARING SET BEFORE JUDGE LAMBERTH Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 Time: 11:00 a.m. Place: Federal Courthouse Third & Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC Courtroom: 21 � 4th Floor The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth will conduct a status conference to discuss the preservation of e-mail and other documents in the E-mail scandal and Filegate case in light of the transfer of power from the Clinton-Gore Administration to the Bush-Cheney Administration on January 20, 2001 and other issues. The Court is also nearing a ruling on Plaintiffs� requests to initiate criminal contempt proceedings over the E-mail scandal. Plaintiffs have requested that the following entities and persons be issued and served orders to show cause why they should not be held in criminal contempt: The Clinton-Gore White House The Clinton-Gore Justice Department Northrop Grumman John Podesta Daniel Barry Laura Crabtree Mark Lindsay Michelle Peterson Cheryl Mills Jason Baron Anne Weismann James Gilligan Elizabeth Shapiro Julia Fayngold Covey Ralph K. Pope Lowell Brown Earl Silbert A press conference will follow on the courthouse steps after the hearing. | |