he should have been impeached!!!!!!
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2000 19:22:08 ET XXXXX
IMPEACHMENT COUNSEL'S BOOK SPOOKS JUSTICE; LABELLA LEAK THOUGHT TO BE PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
**Exclusive**
An explosive new book by House impeachment counsel David Schippers has angered and blindsided
Justice Department officials, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, months before its planned
publication.
Schippers has been quietly polishing a manuscript which includes details kept far from public
view of alleged White House and Justice Department corruption -- details Schippers learned
while preparing the Lewinsky impeachment case against President Clinton!
"The release of this information will have the direct effect of compromising ongoing sensitive
investigations," a Justice Department official warned last week in Washington. "It is
irresponsible at best."
And the upcoming book, tentatively set for release in June by REGNERY, may have been the
catalyst behind this weekend's leak of a confidential report by the Justice Department's former
chief campaign finance investigator Charles LaBella.
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Insiders familiar with the book's content say Schippers is preparing to shed new light on a
mysterious warning he delivered during impeachment hearings.
Schippers warned Congress that he had "received and reviewed additional information and
evidence from the independent counsel" and had "developed additional information from diverse
other sources."
He told the Judiciary Committee: "Unfortunately, because of the extremely strict time limits
placed upon us, a number of very promising leads had to be abandoned. We just ran out of time.
In addition, other allegations of possible serious wrongdoing cannot be presented publicly at
this time by virtue of circumstances totally beyond our control.
Schippers said he "uncovered more incidents involving probable direct and deliberate
obstructions of justice, witness tampering, perjury and abuse of power."
In December of 1998, Schippers was given access to memos authored by LaBella and FBI Director
Louis Freeh detailing the results of a two-year grand jury investigation probing Clinton
fund-raising in the 1996 campaign.
A federal judge prohibited Schippers and Democrat impeachment staff attorney Kevin Simpson from
copying or removing over 200 pages of documents from Justice Department offices.
Details of the LaBella memo appeared in the LOS ANGELES TIMES on Friday.
"Schippers is convinced the leaks emanated directly from the Justice Department, with them
knowing his material was coming out," says a sources close to the action.
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