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Lanny Davis — neck-deep in the 900 raided FBI files.

Obstruction of justice and his attacks on witnesses were clear acts of moral turpitude IMO:

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3/html/GPO-CDOC-106sdoc3-7.htm

“In the course of its investigation, Judicial Watch has uncovered substantial evidence of unlawful misuses of information in government files, abuses of power and violations of the Privacy Act. The substantial evidence uncovered by Judicial Watch’s investigation links
key presidential advisors such as James Carville, Harold Ickes, Lanny Davis, Kenneth Bacon and even the President himself, to this unlawful conduct. The obvious purpose behind the unlawful misuse of this information is to discredit, if not destroy, perceived adversaries and
critics of the President.”

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Lanny Davis, a ``Special Counsel to the President,’’
testified at his deposition in Judicial Watch’s ``Filegate’’ investigation that he was hired by the Clinton White House Counsel’s office and worked closely with that office.(89) That office, which helped to orchestrate the unlawful transfer of hundreds of FBI files, and, according to Linda Tripp, loaded them onto White House computers, is at the very center of egregious violations of privacy
rights and other unlawful conduct.

Davis’ testimony shows, at the very least, that he unlawfully maintained a system of records on notable Clinton adversaries without fulfilling the proper notice requirements as mandated by the Privacy Act. Davis testified that during his tenure at the Clinton White House, he personally maintained files containing information about prominent Clinton adversaries, such as Judge Kenneth Starr,(90) Senator Fred Thompson,(91) Representative Dan Burton,(92) Senator Henry Hyde,(93) Monica Lewinsky,(94) Kathleen Willey,(95) and David
Hale.(96) Davis also maintained files containing information about Larry Lawrence, Roger Tamraz, Doris Matsui, Webster Hubbell, Nora and Gene Lum, John Huang, Pauline Kachanalak, Johnny Chung, and Charlie
Trie.(97) Many of these files were identified, either in
whole or in part, by the individual’s name, such as ``Starr,’’ ``Monica Lewinsky,’’ ``Kathleen Willey’’ and ``John Huang.’’(98)

Davis also testified that he was ``eclectic’’ in his judgment as to what to put in such files, and that he would generally include any document that he might need to use at some point.(99) Such documents included public statements and stories by the media.(100) Yet, Davis admitted that the media ``frequently does not’’ publish accurate information, undoubtedly thanks to his assistance.(101)

Davis admitted that he maintained these files so that he could disseminate information to the media and thus help them write ``good’’ and ``bad’’ stories.(102) Yet before Davis released information from any of these files to the media, he never consulted with anyone referenced in the materials, never sought their permission, and knew of no one at the Clinton White House who did so.(103) Davis, Ickes and Carville continue to advise the Clinton White House on impeachment and other issues,(104) and it is likely that they continue to receive information from
government files.

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