GOP Sitting on Clinton Shockers
August 24, 8:42 AM
During last December's House impeachment investigation, the Judiciary Committee gathered a treasure trove of politically explosive information on President Clinton, much of which has never been released. But Republicans currently have no plans to make those secrets public, Georgia Rep. Bob Barr told Inside Cover Monday.
The materials, stored in D.C.'s Gerald Ford Building, are said to include evidence on Clinton's alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick, the intimidation of other women, and, according to one source, the sexual harassment of up to three female Secret Service agents.
The still-secret evidence may be historic. A number of wavering moderate Republicans reportedly moved into the pro-impeachment column after visiting the Ford Building evidence room. Their votes provided the razor-thin margin of victory for two articles of impeachment voted against Clinton on Dec. 19.
Inside Cover caught up with Barr on Bob Grant's nationally syndicated WOR radio show and asked him what will happen to the still-sealed evidence on Clinton:
"The chances that the Ford Building material will ever be made public will depend entirely on the American people. If the American people demand it through their representatives, then it will be. But unfortunately right now, there is simply very little interest on the part of our leadership in the Congress to raise these matters, to pursue them. There are a few of us, such as Dan Burton of Indiana, who are trying to get to the bottom of these things to the degree that we can. But by and large the leadership has made a decision that they don't want to touch any of this stuff. So, as of now, the information, the evidence will not go anywhere."
Though Barr was pessimistic on prospects for making the Clinton impeachment secrets public, he did add, "The House could decide, if it had the backbone to do so, it could decide to release the evidence."
Reactions from congressmen familiar with the Ford Building secrets suggest they are extremely shocking.
Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) told the New York Times that the evidence on Clinton is "very alarming and very unsettling," involving "conduct by the President that is alleged to be pretty horrific."
After reviewing the same material, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) told the Arizona Republic, "I came away nauseated. There are things that go far beyond what we've heard."
One Washington wag told Inside Cover in January that the secret evidence on Clinton reduced Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) to tears.
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