If you think that Clinton-Gore corruption ended on Inauguration Day...
YOU'RE WRONG.
In an astonishing move, the Bush administration has put Deputy Attorney
General Eric Holder in charge of the Justice Department until John
Ashcroft is confirmed.
That actually gives Democrats more reasons to stall the Ashcroft
nomination -- and it gives them one more chance to cover up the corruption
of the Clinton-Gore administration.
Holder was the top aide to Janet Reno, the worst Attorney General in
American history. In that position, he was one of the masterminds behind
the Clinton-Gore administration's cover-up of crimes ranging from
perjury/obstruction of justice to illegal fundraising from America's
enemies.
* It was Holder who, columnist Robert Novak wrote, "was the force in
thwarting independent counsel investigations of Clinton-Gore scandals."
* It was Holder, along with Reno, who blocked the appointment of Charles
LaBella as U.S. Attorney for the Los Angeles area, in retribution for his
call for an independent investigation of Gore and the Clintons.
* After the American Spectator magazine exposed rampant Clinton
administration corruption, it was Holder who called for a criminal
investigation -- not an investigation of the Clintons and Gore, but an
investigation of the magazine! That's right: He wanted to put journalists
in jail for investigating Clinton!
* According to the attorney for Marc Rich -- the fugitive billionaire
given a last-hour pardon by outgoing President Clinton -- it was Holder
who said he had no problem with Rich's clemency plea. (The pardon of Rich
has been denounced by prominent Republicans and Democrats alike as an
obvious case of corruption in high office, and is the subject of a
congressional investigation.)
* It was Holder who, according to the Los Angeles Times, described himself
as the alter ego of Attorney General Janet Reno.
* It was Holder who said, "Janet Reno is the embodiment of integrity."
Reno, he said, "oozes integrity."
* And it was Holder whose selection as acting AG delighted the Left.
Senator Patrick Leahy, leading the effort to stall the Ashcroft nomination
in committee, said that, in his view, the Justice Department is in good
hands with Holder. "It's not as though justice goes undone" while
Ashcroft waits, Leahy noted. After all, "we do have an excellent acting
Attorney General with Eric Holder over there."
What do leading conservative journalists think of the Holder holdover?
* "I think the Democrats are very happy with a Democrat still as attorney
general," said John Fund of The Wall Street Journal.
* The Wall Street Journal's newspaper's editorial page noted that Holder
"would be the single worst choice for interim AG, giving Judiciary
[Committee] Democrats an incentive to delay the Ashcroft vote as long as
possible."
* Robert Novak wrote: "His retention by Bush, no matter how brief, is not
a good sign."
The acting AG must be someone who has been previously confirmed by the
Senate. But why not Louis Freeh, the FBI director who likened
Clinton-Gore corruption to "organized crime"? Appointing him would
certainly "provide a lively few weeks," William Safire wrote in The New
York Times. And it would give Democrats a swift kick to bring the
Ashcroft nomination to a vote.
When Bill Clinton came into office, he immediately fired all U.S.
attorneys (federal prosecutors) to replace them with his own people. And
yet the Bush administration is dragging its feet, possibly allowing the
statute-of-limitations to expire on Clinton Era corruption, allowing
sweetheart plea bargains to be struck with potential witnesses, allowing
crucial evidence to be "lost." |
