[gondramB]

Well, he is associated with Hillary in that he was one of her earliest Democratic Critics

>>In 1973 Jerry Zeifman, chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, decided to keep a diary of the “extraordinary events” surrounding the impeachment of President Nixon. Now, Zeifman draws on that diary to give us Without Honor: Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of President Nixon, in which he accuses government officials of obstructing the impeachment inquiry. Their reason? Not any sympathy for the besieged Richard Nixon, but a desire to protect the reputation of John Kennedy. Zeifman’s book will surely excite conspiracy buffs on the lookout for sinister coverups in high places. But those wary of such unsubstantiated theories (myself included) will find Zeifman’s book an unconvincing, if imaginative, tale of intrigue.

Zeifman’s theory goes something like this: John Doar, Hillary Rodham, Bernard Nussbaum and other Kennedy loyalists investigating Nixon obstruct his impeachment “to cover up malfeasance in high office throughout the Cold War.” The scheming starlets are abetted by Peter Rodino, a weak, corrupt chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who is afraid that Nixon might expose his own Mafia ties. Rounding out the list of conspirators is Burke Marshall, Robert Kennedy’s assistant attorney general, who orchestrates the bogus investigation in the hopes of keeping Nixon in office, which will, he believes, help Ted Kennedy win the White House<<

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/matthewdallek.htm

[Verginius Rufus]

I saw Zeifman's book in a bookstore once and should have bought it then--when I went back it was gone (presumably purchased by someone else). Besides attacking Rodham and talking about the way the Democrats were determined to keep the investigation from getting into any Kennedy misdeeds, Zeifman showed that the images the public had of the figures on Sam Ervin's Senate committee and Peter Rodino's Judiciary committee were often at odds with the reality (some of the people who got good press were idiots).

I don't remember if he had anything about Fred Thompson in the book.