Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior

North Star Writers Group ^ | March 31, 2008 | Dan Calabrese

[Invisigoth]

As Hillary Clinton came under increasing scrutiny for her story about facing sniper fire in Bosnia, one question that arose was whether she has engaged in a pattern of lying.

The now-retired general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the Watergate investigation, says Hillary’s history of lies and unethical behavior goes back farther – and goes much deeper – than anyone realizes.

Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.

[MortMan]

Obama, or one of his backers, appears to have learned the clintonian style of politics well.

[kittymyrib]

Hmmm...this might make a good campaign ad in July for the Obama team, as the super delegates have to commit. I predict an entertaining summer.

[Hacklehead]

Let’s guess the KKKlinton response.
Its old news.
A despicable right wing smear.
Politics of personsl destruction.
The words Rove, Rovian, or Rove-like.
Its time to move on.

[bonehead4freedom]

Where was this guy in 1992? He knew this since 1974 and only now reveals it? These Democrats prove once again it's not country but the party prevailing we would have never heard this story if this guy wasn't for Husein.

[meandog]

Hillary lies. In other news, sun rises in east and sets in west. Pope Benedict declares himself a Roman Catholic. Wild bear shi...oh, never mind.

[dirtbiker]

I predict an entertaining summer.

Indeed!

[Sgt_Schultze]

hillary didn’t run for anything in 1992. But she is a US Senator, and has been since 2000. It is proper to ask why such important information was not disclosed in 2000. As you say, it’s curious as to where this gentleman’s allegiance lies - apparently to party over country.

[what's up]

they feared putting Watergate break-in mastermind E. Howard Hunt on the stand to be cross-examined

Oh, the secrets Howard Hunt could have told...

[dirtboy]

Where was this guy in 1992? He knew this since 1974 and only now reveals it?

This story came out as well during the Clinton Admin years. The MSM had no interest in pursuing it.

[muawiyah]

Great piece. 'at's my girl, though, the one who borrowed the apartment across the hall for a weekend party and ended up nekkid out in the hall and pukin' under my door.

She didn't offer to clean it up.

What a gross, loutish individual.

[G Larry]

Can’t wait to see this news story covered in tonights news on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and obviously tomorrows NY Times!!!......./sarc

[usslsm51]

Those qualities are the requirement for a democratic candidate for any office.

[sportutegrl]

“Hillary then removed all the Douglas files to the offices where she was located, which at that time was secured and inaccessible to the public,” Zeifman said. Hillary then proceeded to write a legal brief arguing there was no precedent for the right to representation by counsel during an impeachment proceeding – as if the Douglas case had never occurred.

It's so, so, HILLARY!

[digger48]

THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW 1999 - Jerry Zeifman was the Democrats’ general counsel chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation. In an article for the Wall Street Journal he reviews HRC’s performance as a staff member:

— She violated House and committee rules by disclosing confidential information to unauthorized persons.

— A number of the legal procedures she recommended were ethically flawed

— In one written legal memorandum, she advocated denying President Nixon representation by counsel.

— She proposed that the committee should neither 1) hold any hearings with or take the depositions of any live witnesses, nor 2) conduct any original investigation of Watergate, bribery, tax evasion, or any other possible impeachable offense of President Nixon. Instead, the committee should rely on prior investigations conducted by other committees and agencies.

— She advocated that the official rules of the House be amended to deny members of the committee the right to question witnesses.

— Zeifman decided that he could not recommend her for any position of public or private trust

[stayathomemom]

It is proper to ask why such important information was not disclosed in 2000.

Her campaign was a "listening tour". No one was allowed to ask questions.

[Verginius Rufus]

Zeifman talked about this in a book he wrote some years ago about Watergate and other crimes, and he had a column attacking Hillary in The Wall Street Journal before one of the elections (maybe 2000). So it's not new, but definitely worth repeating.

[Ann Archy]

Make SURE the Obama people have this!! And RUSH, SEAN, GLENN, MICHAEL, etal!

[Mr. Jazzy]

Bring to memory the billing records, Vince Fosters records, etc.?

[james500]

“Zeifman says he was urged by top committee members to keep a diary of everything that was happening. He did so, and still has the diary if anyone wants to check the veracity of his story. Certainly, he could not have known in 1974 that diary entries about a young lawyer named Hillary Rodman would be of interest to anyone 34 years later.”

Be careful with that diary.