Posted on 11/26/2001 9:38:25 AM PST by KLT
11/26/2001 Press Office
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JW VICTORY: FEDERAL COURT RULES COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MUST TURN OVER ATTORNEY DOCUMENTS IN LANDMARK CHINAGATE CASE
Criminal Phase Likely Next for Commerce FOIA Case
Court Ruled Clinton Commerce Department Improperly Withheld Documents Ex-Clinton Officials Will Be Deposed
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today announced that a federal court ordered that the Commerce Department must turn over attorney documents to Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning the sale of Clinton Commerce Department trade mission seats in exchange for campaign contributions. It was this FOIA case which first exposed accused spy John Huang to public scrutiny and, according to Fox News, got the ball rolling on the Chinagate scandal.
In a November 16, 2001 order, The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth, citing egregious misconduct by DOC [Department of Commerce] officials in an attempt to withhold certain [FOIA] documents from production, ruled that the Commerce Department must produce certain documents created by its attorneys concerning the FOIA search. (Through its investigation, Judicial Watch uncovered evidence that the Commerce Department attorneys, working in concert with officials at the Clinton White House, illegally withheld documents concerning the illegal sale of Commerce trade mission seats. Nolanda Hill, late Commerce Secretary Ron Browns business partner and paramour, also testified before Judge Lamberth that the scheme to sell the Commerce trade mission seats for political contributions was conceived of by Hillary Clinton and implemented by Bill Clinton and Al Gore.)
In another ruling last week, Judge Lamberth ruled that discovery in the seven year old case will come to a close in 90 days. Other witnesses to be deposed, per the Courts order, include ex-Clinton White House lawyers Bruce Lindsey and Cheryl Mills. Following the close of discovery, Judicial Watch will ask the Court that Clinton White House and Commerce Department officials who obstructed the courts orders to produce documents be held in criminal contempt of court. Judge Lamberth has already said that he would entertain such motions.
Uh-oh, Larry better hurry up here ... I see the making of a new fundraiser "And now the courts are forcing JW to shut down its operations unless you provide us with more $$$"
In other words, the court told Judicial Watch that seven years is too long for it to be continually fishing without landing anything.
Nolanda was told by Ron Brown to flee the country if he did not make it back from his plane trip. He knew he would be killed to ensure his silence. He didn't make it back , and he's conviently DEAD.
She was found living in Canada, hiding out.
Now, Clinton is no longer in the Whitehouse, nor does he have taxpayer dollars to pay his legal fees. Hillary is quickly becomming a political failure as well. The Marxist wall if falling.
FW needs to link Browns death to the Clintons. That would be their road to fame.
Lost, with Al Gores missing e-mails.
You know, I happen to agree with everything you said, just hoping something comes out of this...That's all.
Wish I could disagree with you BJClinton, but I can't...it's too little too late, but I thought it was worth posting as an informative post.
. The press bent over backwards to cover or minimize Clinton regime crimes, the Senate failed utterly in their duty to protect the constitution and the rule of Law, the so-called Department of Justice has shifted from an accomplice to a "move on" mode, and Clinton appointed judges and their fellow clones have severely weakened objective law in the third branch. Clinton has hidden allies even here at Free Republic and you can see them expose themselves every time a Judicial Watch posting occurs. It is only through a handful of honest judges and JW's lawsuits that we can ever hope to see Clinton and his stooges even pay for a fraction of their crimes.
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