Posted on 06/20/2002 3:33:10 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
FBI SEIZES DOCUMENTS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF HILLARY CLINTON SENATE CAMPAIGN
Storage Facility Raided, Clinton Photographs and Documents Seized
Search Warrant Sought Documents Related to Hillary’s Campaign For Senate, Hollywood Tribute To Bill Clinton, Hillary’s Campaign Finance Director Also Targeted
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, reported that the FBI seized documents relating to Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the U.S. Senate. The documents were seized in a May 30 raid of a California storage facility containing documents of Peter Paul, the entrepreneur who funded Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign with over $2 million dollars in direct, in-kind contributions which were never reported by Hillary Clinton or her Senate campaign, as required by law. Mr. Paul's money funded the August, 2000 production of “The Hollywood Gala Farewell Tribute To President Clinton,” which featured many Hollywood stars. Mr. Paul’s support for the event was also publicly denied by Mrs. Clinton in The Washington Post and in a debate with then opponent Rick Lazio. The government is seeking the cooperation of Mr. Paul, who is in a Brazilian prison pursuant to an U.S. extradition request on alleged stock and bank fraud. Mr. Paul has already provided evidence to Justice Department investigators in Brazil about the criminal activity of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Mr. Paul told the Department of Justice about the documents and storage facility ten months ago, and had provided them with documentation (checks, videos, financial statements) of his work for the Clintons in early 2001. Mr. Paul donated the over $2 million to the Clinton campaign as part of a $17 million offer to Bill Clinton to work with him after he left the Oval Office.
The search warrant authorizing the FBI raid of the storage facility specifically references the Clintons and the New York Senate campaign. The search warrant authorizes the seizure of:
Records relating to New York Senate 2000, the Hollywood Gala Salute to President William Jefferson Clinton, the Federal Election Commission, David Rosen and Aaron Tonken...
(David Rosen was the Director of Finance for Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign, and Aaron Tonken is a Democrat fundraiser who raised money for the Clintons. Both men have knowledge of Mr. Paul’s contributions.
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“Mr. Paul could have turned the documents about the Clintons over to the FBI months ago under a cooperation agreement. Instead, he waits in a Brazilian dungeon for the Ashcroft Justice Department to get serious about this corruption case. So it is a welcome sign that the Justice Department is turning up the heat on this new crime scandal concerning the Clintons,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
Attorney General John Ashcroft received 59,535 petitions late last year from Judicial Watch supporters protesting Mr. Paul’s disparate treatment and demanding full justice against the Clintons in this new scandal.
That is none of your business.
"As far as I'm concerned, you, FreedominJesusChrist, use Free Republic for nothing but advertisement for Larry Klayman and Judicial Watch."
That is very far from the truth. I support Judicial Watch, yes, that is true, but if you did a search on my screename, you would also find that I comment and debate various other topics.
If the DOJ was not providing lawyers free of charge to Hillary, who would have to hire an attorney, Hillary or the office of the first lady?
If the plaintiff in this case prevails, and is awarded damages, who will have to pay the damages, Hillary or the office of the first lady?
Both of these are simple questions and require only simple responses. I will even help you with the answers. The answers will be either Hillary or the office of the first lady.
A bewigged, dejected, haggard -- and urine soaked -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen being led into Central Booking at the Washington, DC jail. Indicted for federal campaign funding violations, she had eluded authorities for several weeks. She was apprehended while attempting to jump an Amtrak freight train in the switching yards behind Union Station.
Howlin, I did not mean to offend you by my statement and I still see nothing offensive with it. You, among many others, have constantly told me that I am young and immature. If I am young and immature, you, having been a mother, should understand that in trying to persuade me to your point of view concerning David Keene, would not not be through threatening me with Freepmail, insinuating that you were going to make it hard for me to get a job in DC. By doing this, you automatically turned me off to your point of view. You, having been a mother, should understand that kids do not respond well to that type of "correction."
I did not bring up the mention of your threatening Freepmails Howlin, you did. So I felt the need to explain myself publically on the forum, because you brought it up publically, on the forum.
Ever I have made it known that I am a staunch defender of Judicial Watch, you, among others, have been seeking to destroy my future. Sorry, but that isn't going to happen.
Likely a very good guess.
IMHO, the Clintons will stall, deny, and play the victims in all of this until it goes away. That's their M.O.
The only way this will ever get somewhere is if the media digs into it. But without a smoking gun (i.e. a stained dress) we are just wasting our time with this one. Sorry to be so pessimistic, but I've learned a lot about how Washington works in the last 10 years.
I also means that personal references to family tragedies are out-of-bounds.
I swear on all that I believe in that I will not use the phrase "Bush-bashing" again, but will instead direct my comments to the topic at hand. I cannot do any more than that.
Hoping for justice; not holding my breath, however.
Regarding the particular case in question, I think that FIJC was pretty tactless, but I can't be sure it was intentional, and I can't be sure it wasn't. I do know that this place would be better off if people were more considerate, but that seems at times to be too much to ask.
It would also be a better place if someone who asked to have their account removed would not have just signed back up under a new name. But that is a whole other point (and no, that is not you Registered).
This thread is valid and there is no reason to pull IT summarily, because it is potentially valuable to the FR archives....but your individual POSTS, which have no BEARING ON THE CONTENT OF THE POSTED ARTICLE can sure be pulled.
If you would rather I wouldn't post anymore, all you had to do was just tell me.
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