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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:02:48 -0600
From: Bill Nalty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: CAS: JW: Lamberth rules for discovery in trade mission FOIA case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2000
Contact: Press Office
(202) 646-5172
COURT RULES FOR MORE DISCOVERY IN CLINTON-GORE
TRADE MISSION FOIA CASE
Rules Bruce Lindsey, Cheryl Mills, Doris Matsui, Others Can Be
Deposed � Allows Search of White House E-Mail
(Washington, DC) Judge Royce C. Lamberth, in three orders last
week, ruled that Judicial Watch can undertake significant new
discovery in the withholding of documents concerning Clinton-Gore
Commerce Department trade missions. Judicial Watch has uncovered
evidence, including sworn testimony, that the Clinton-Gore
Commerce Department, working in conjunction with the White House
and Democratic National Committee, illegally sold
taxpayer-financed trade missions seats in exchange for campaign
contributions. In court testimony, Nolanda Hill, the business
partner and confidante of the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown,
said that Hillary Clinton conceived of this fundraising scheme.
Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in 1995 to uncover documents
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the
Commerce Department trade missions. In December, 1998 (and
reaffirmed yesterday), the Court ruled that the Clinton-Gore
Commerce Department had illegally withheld and destroyed many
responsive documents. (It was this lawsuit that helped uncover
John Huang, which, according to Fox News, �got the ball rolling�
on the Chinagate scandal. Huang now faces contempt of court for
his refusal to answer questions about Bill and Hillary Clintons�,
Al Gore�s and many Republicans� roles in this controversy.)
In his rulings, Judge Lamberth authorized Judicial Watch to take
the deposition testimony of Bruce Lindsey, Cheryl Mills, and
Doris Matsui. A sworn declaration by Commerce Department
whistleblower Sonya Stewart points to Ms. Mills� involvement in
improperly withholding documents from Judicial Watch. With
respect to Mr. Lindsey and Ms. Matsui, the Court found, based on
Ms. Stewart�s testimony, that �it is logical to conclude that
Lindsey and Matsui would have information related to the
frustration of the plaintiff�s FOIA requests� on the trade
missions.
Judge Lamberth also authorized discovery into Clinton-Gore White
House e-mail which may bear on the underlying issue of documents
illegally withheld from Judicial Watch by the Commerce
Department. In allowing e-mail discovery, Judge Lamberth cited
Nolanda Hill�s sworn testimony, ruling that �there is credible
evidence that communications did occur between the (Commerce
Department), the White House, and the DNC...[and that] it is
logical to conclude that at least some of the communications were
in electronic form.�
�As Judge Lamberth said yesterday, �this is not your average FOIA
case.� Though Judge Lamberth did not grant Judicial Watch all the
discovery it had requested, we are pleased by his rulings. This
scandal goes to the highest levels of the Clinton-Gore White
House,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel
Larry Klayman.
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