May 11, 2000
Clintons talked of Willey letters
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The White House yesterday said first lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton spoke with President Clinton before the release of
confidential letters from former White House aide Kathleen
Willey, but claimed spousal privilege and refused to divulge the
content of those conversations.
Associate White House Counsel Karl Racine, in written
responses to questions in a $90 million lawsuit by Judicial
Watch, a conservative public interest law firm, acknowledged that
Mrs. Clinton "discussed the matter" with her husband prior to the
March 1998 release of the letters.
Mr. Racine said other White House staff members were advised
after the decision was made to make the letters public � a day
after Mrs. Willey said on "60 Minutes" that Mr. Clinton kissed
her, cupped her breast and put her hand on his groin during a
November 1993 meeting.
But, he said, attorneys for the Clintons said "the substance
of the discussions between the president and the first lady would
be protected by the spousal privilege."
The White House released 15 friendly letters from Mrs.
Willey to Mr. Clinton to rebut her accusations of sexual
misconduct. She had gone to meet with the president to seek a job
because of financial problems caused by her husband, who
committed suicide the same day she claims Mr. Clinton assaulted
her.
Judicial Watch, in its suit in the Filegate matter, sought
the identity of those who recommended or helped make the decision
to release the letters.
The firm says in its 4-year-old suit that the privacy rights
of former Bush and Reagan administration officials were violated
when the FBI gave the White House more than 900 confidential
background files.
The Willey letters have been ruled by a federal judge as
material to the Filegate suit.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, yesterday described
the White House response as "bogus," and said the firm would
challenge the claims in court. He declined to elaborate.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Clinton was ordered yesterday by a federal
judge to conduct a new search for personal and White House
records concerning her suspected involvement in the Filegate
investigation and, if any are found, to turn them over in the
pending suit.
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, in a 17-page ruling,
ordered that any records not already produced be turned over
within the next 20 days.
In October 1998, Judicial Watch asked Mrs. Clinton to search
for documents it considered relevant in the case, but described
her eventual hunt as "legally insufficient." The firm had
telephone records, reports, letters, computer tapes and other
documents.
Mrs. Clinton responded in February 1999, saying the request
was "overly broad, irrelevant, unduly burdensome and redundant."
She argued the request sought White House records or other
official documents not in her possession.
Judge Lamberth said that while Mrs. Clinton said she would
produce only those documents in her possession, she did not
"include in her response any document she does not currently
possess, but that she has the legal right to obtain." He said
Mrs. Clinton did not say whether records "not in her possession,
but still within her control" were ever searched.
"Therefore, because both Mrs. Clinton and her defense
counsel fail to represent that all responsive documents within
Mrs. Clinton's control have been produced . . . the court will
order that Mrs. Clinton, within 20 days of the entry of this
order, submit a supplemental response," the judge said.
"In this response, Mrs. Clinton shall explain in detail the
search that was performed, including the locations searched. She
shall also clearly assert whether all documents, including those
not in her possession, but still within her control, have been
produced," he said.
The judge also ordered the first lady to "describe the
parameters of the search performed" and include a statement that
all documents within her control have been produced.
He also said some Judicial Watch requests were related to
other inquiries, but they could be reviewed because they touched
on the misuse of the FBI files.
Those include the Willey letters and information on former
White House travel office supervisor Billy Dale and Pentagon
employee Linda R. Tripp.
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