| For Immediate Release May 7, 2001 |
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Judicial Watch’s Chinagate Cases Continue On Public Interest Group Has Documented Pattern of Obstruction of Justice (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government obstruction and abuse, will depose former Clinton White House Deputy White House Liaison Doris Matsui, wife of Congressman Robert Matsui. Documents show that as the Clinton White House’s point person for Chinagate figures Johnny Chung, John Huang and others, Mrs. Matsui is deeply implicated in the Chinagate scandal. The public Matsui deposition will take place at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at: Chambers of Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola“This is the first public questioning of the Clinton White House contact for admitted felons in the Chinagate case. Incredibly, likely because of her and her husband’s “Establishment” status, Matsui was never questioned by either the House or the Senate in their years’ long Chinagate investigations,” said Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. Mrs. Matsui was named by Judicial Watch client and Commerce Department whistle-blower Sonya Stewart for playing a role in the illegal sale of seats on Clinton-Gore Commerce Department trade missions in exchange for campaign contributions. The Matsui deposition is part of Judicial Watch’s ongoing litigation concerning Clinton’s Commerce Department’s involvement in the Chinagate and fundraising scandals. Court rulings by Judge Royce Lamberth have already found violations of law, false testimony, and obstruction by Clinton officials. Judge Lamberth has ordered a series of depositions by Judicial Watch to uncover those chiefly responsible for these illegal acts. Upcoming depositions include those Clinton counselor and friend Bruce Lindsey and Cheryl Mills, a former White House lawyer most famously known for her race-based defense of Bill Clinton during his Senate impeachment trial. | |