For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 18, 2002Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
12:55 P.M. EST
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Q If you would take the question. The Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson of Los Angeles, in his lawsuit just filed against the Reverend Jesse Jackson, notes that Jackson has implied that it is "necessary for business to pay from $250 to $2,500 annually to Mr. Jackson's international trade
bureau in order to have a reasonable chance of participating in Toyota's $700 million worth of minority contracts," which is a statement that Toyota firmly denies. And my question -- since the President is, by the Constitution, the nation's chief law enforcer, why isn't Jesse Jackson at least investigated for this and for spending tax-exempt contributions on his mistress, for which the white man who did that remains in federal prison? What about that, Ari?
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...What about that, Ari?MR. FLEISCHER: Lester, I've got nothing to offer you on that topic.