-Caveat Lector- <http://www.nyjournalnews.com/rockland/031301/13newsquare/> Agents pay visit to New Square STEVE LIEBERMAN THE JOURNAL NEWS Original publication: March 13, 2001 FBI agents recently visited New Square and may have questioned at least one high-ranking official as part of their investigation into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton influenced her husband to reduce the sentences of four New Square men convicted of stealing $40 million from federal anti-poverty programs. The village's chief spokesman said yesterday that he had been told that FBI agents had visited the Ramapo community, but could not say for whom the agents were looking. The FBI agents wanted to speak to someone who lives on Garfield Road, Police Officer Gerald Ryan said yesterday. The agents had gone to the Ramapo police about two weeks ago for directions to New Square Village Hall on Route 45 and Garfield Road. "They said they were looking for an individual with a street address on Garfield Road,'' Ryan said. "They also wanted to know where they could find Village Hall and how they could then get to Garfield." One person who lives on Garfield Road is Deputy Mayor Israel "Izzy" Spitzer. Spitzer had accompanied New Square Grand Rabbi David Twersky to the White House on Dec. 22, when the Hasidic Jewish community's leader met with Bill and Hillary Clinton. It was during that meeting in the White House Map Room that the grand rabbi asked the president to consider clemency for the four men sentenced to federal prison. The White House meeting between the rabbi and the Clintons came six weeks after New Square residents voted 1,400-12 for Hillary Clinton over her Republican opponent, Rick Lazio, for U.S senator. The grand rabbi had met with Hillary Clinton and many local politicians on Aug. 7 at his home in New Square. U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White and the FBI are investigating whether Hillary Clinton and her husband agreed to the reduced sentences before the U.S. Senate election in exchange for reduced sentences for the men. Sen. Clinton has denied any wrongdoing. The four men were convicted in 1999 of conspiring with other New Square residents to steal millions over a 20-year period from anti-poverty programs for education, housing and small business. They also set up private schools with phantom students. Three other people, including a former trustee who was a founder of New Square and adviser to the grand rabbi, have fled prosecution. Monsey Rabbi Mayer Schiller, the community's chief spokesman, said yesterday that Spitzer would be a likely person for the agents to contact. "It would be logical,'' Schiller said, adding that the whole investigation itself made little sense. Schiller maintained that community leaders did not promise Hillary Clinton the village's bloc vote in exchange for the reduction in sentences for the four men. "This whole thing is bizarre and a wild-goose chase to try and find some evidence of a deal between the Clintons and New Square,'' Schiller said. "They are not going to find what does not exist. All this is coming at the taxpayers' expense. But they call the shots.'' Spitzer did not return telephone messages left at his house or Village Hall. His lawyer, Sam Rosenthal, declined to comment yesterday on the federal investigation. FBI spokesman Joseph Valiquette and White spokesman Herbert Hadad also declined to comment yesterday. White's office and the FBI have scheduled meetings with Rockland elected officials who attended the Aug. 7 meeting between Hillary Clinton and the rabbi. They include Assemblyman Sam Colman, D-Monsey, and Legislature Chairman Ilan Schoenberger, D-Wesley Hills. 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