"Recuse Yourself Senator Lieberman" says: NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER

NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER ^ | 1-15-02 | Peter Flaherty , President

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NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER
"Promoting Ethics in Government"
103 West Broad Street, Suite 620
Falls Church, Virginia 22046
703-237-1970, Fax 703-237-2090
www.nlpc.org, nlpc@nlpc.org

VIA FACSIMILE
January 15, 2002

Senator Joseph Lieberman
Chairman
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Lieberman:

I am writing to ask you to recuse yourself from any participation in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's upcoming hearing and consideration of the Enron case.

Last Thursday, Attorney General Ashcroft recused himself from the Enron case the same day he received a letter from Rep. Henry Waxman in which Waxman questioned the approximately $50,000 that had gone to committees affiliated with Ashcroft by Enron-related individuals and groups.

As you know, the amount that you and committees affiliated with you received from Enron interests, Enron's top creditor - Citigroup, Inc. and Enron's auditor, Arthur Anderson, dwarfed anything received by Attorney General Ashcroft.

Enron contributed at total of $25,000 in 2000 to the group you founded, the New Democrat Network, according to IRS records. Also, Enron's biggest creditor, Citigroup, Inc. is listed as your largest single contributor ($112,546) for the period 1997-2002 by the web site Opensecrets.org, relying on Federal Election Commission records. Citigroup, Inc. also made $100,000 in contributions to the New Democrat Network in 2001. Arthur Andersen, Enron's auditing firm, contributed $20,000 to the New Democrat Network in 2001.

In order to assure the public of the integrity of the Senate investigation and to avoid the appearance of a double standard, I hope you agree with me that recusing yourself is the only appropriate step for you to take.

Sincerely,

Peter Flaherty
President

cc: Rep. Henry Waxman

HERE

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Rush read this letter today on his program. It is also linked from his web site: HERE

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If Lieberman doesn't EARN his money, then he's stuck collecting contributions from Buddhist temples in '04.

[Fred Mertz]

Recuse yourself LIEberman, before you dig yourself deeper than your miniature height.

[goldstategop]

Yes.... since there's a conflict of interest. More to the point, since nearly all the politicians in Congress took campaign contributions from Enron exactly how are they going to do an unbiased and impartial investigation of events surrounding the company? I'm afraid Sen. Joe Lieberman is merely the tip of the Enron iceberg though it would be nice if he agreed to recuse himself. One can't help but wondering though if we'll ever REALLY know why Enron went belly-up and moreover WHY the Rats never sounded the alarm to bail it out when it did.

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"Recuse yourself LIEberman, before you dig yourself deeper.."

Bump

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BTTT

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Rush just said that in spite of this letter to him, LIEberman has still refused to recuse himself.

Rush indicated that he is going to read this letter to LIEberman on the air again today just in case anyone missed it.

He also said that as more and more information comes out, it appears that the DemocRATS and their front organizations may have received a lot more money from Enron over the years than the Republicans did.

He pointed out -- again -- the truth that Enron lobbied hard to get the Kyoto Treaty enacted. Of course, we know which political party wants to get that piece of garbage enacted, don't we?

BTTT to make sure everyone has seen this letter to LIEberman.

[Fred Mertz]

Glad Rush found this letter. It is excellent in its simplicity and directness.