| For Immediate Release Feb 16, 2001 |
Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
(Washington, DC) Today, The Washington Times ran a leading front-page story by Sean Scully, “White House won’t hinder Rich probe,” in the face of mounting conservative criticism of President George W. Bush for having told his Attorney General John Ashcroft “to move on” from the Clinton-Gore scandals. That a major Washington newspaper would even have to run such a story speaks loudly as to the state of government ethics and our justice system. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, have obviously engaged in a bribery scheme -- consistent with their other bribery schemes of selling seats on overseas trade missions, export licenses, overnights in the Lincoln bedroom, rides on Air Force One, judgeships and commissionerships, and other numerous acts -- all in exchange for political campaign contributions and personal enrichment. “That the new President would not obstruct an investigation of this obvious bribery scheme goes without saying, and administration spokesmen, such as Ari Fleischer, should not have to reassure the American people of the need for aggressive federal law enforcement. Judicial Watch’s raison d’etre is that ‘no one is above the law!’ Apparently, this concept has not yet taken hold in the new Bush-Cheney Administration,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman | |