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To: rich4eagle who wrote (130337)	3/5/2001 4:40:07 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

dear richie as a whatever you are you can believe whatever you want and as an engineer I'll know what I know. Have you ever read a Gilder Report? Do you know what the Gilder Report is? But I'd suggest you send mr. bill some eagles. Legal Bills, Disputes Far From Over for the Clintons NewsMax.com Wires Monday, March 5, 2001 The Clinton administration's post-presidential troubles, which began with the uproar over last-minute pardons, almost certainly will not end there. Eight controversy-packed years in the White House have left yet- to-be-resolved legal disputes, simmering controversies and a tower of unpaid attorneys fees that cast a shadow over the former first couple and some of their erstwhile aides. "I have no idea what's coming next," the former first lady, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told reporters a bit wistfully, as she acknowledged that her brother had used his access to the White House to obtain clemency for two felons. A number of disputes still churning through the courts, as well as other unsettled issues, bring the potential for flashbacks of unpleasant memories from the Clinton presidency for weeks to come. Some examples: * Illegal foreign donations to political campaigns, a scandal going back to Clinton's first presidential campaign, is scheduled to reappear soon. A federal district court in Los Angeles has a hearing scheduled for March 19 to review a plea bargain that the Clinton Justice Department struck in its waning days with Indonesian tycoon and longtime Clinton supporter James T. Riady. Riady had befriended Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas. He has admitted pouring huge donations into Clinton's and other Democratic campaigns. He is offering to pay a record $8.6 million fine and to provide investigators, including those in Congress, with information about how foreign cash, some from China, made its way into American elections. * Judicial Watch, which has dogged the Clinton administration with more than 50 lawsuits alleging ethical lapses, has vowed no letup now. Some of the suits could bring new revelations, especially if the Bush administration lawyers decide to hand over documents that the Clinton team withheld. Potentially the most explosive would be the possible release of thousands of White House e-mail messages. Judicial Watch wants to examine the computer data as part of a case alleging that Clinton officials misused confidential FBI files on members of Republican administrations. The Clinton administration has said the e-mails were destroyed by a computer glitch. In several months of on-and-off court hearings, Judicial Watch produced White House computer contract workers who said the e-mails could be retrieved. The contractors testified that Clinton aides ordered them to keep the e-mails secret. Federal district Judge Royce Lamberth could rule at any time on whether the e-mails, now in the custody of the U.S. Archives, must be turned over. "The case has moved slowly because the Clintons tried to delay it," Judicial Watch president Larry Klayman said. Now that Clinton no longer controls the government's lawyers, Klayman said he expected the e-mail case to "pick up steam." Clinton administration officials had blamed any delays on computer problems. Klayman also expects movement in some of his other suits, including several from women whose names are familiar from Clinton controversies. Among them is Juanita Broaddrick, an Arkansas nursing-home executive who alleged in an NBC-TV interview aired in 1999 that Clinton had raped her when he was Arkansas attorney general two decades earlier. Clinton issued a denial through his lawyer. Broaddrick later sued to obtain copies of any files on her kept by the White House. * Also unresolved is the matter of the sky-high legal fees owed by Clinton aides and their lawyers after the numerous investigations of the president and his wife. A dozen uniformed Secret Service officers ran up a collective bill of some $30,000 for advice when they were called before the grand jury in Kenneth Starr's independent counsel probe of Clinton. Their lawyer, Michael Leibig, said recently that he has not been paid yet and that he plans to bill the government. Maggie Williams, who served as the first lady's chief of staff, ran up still-unpaid law fees that run into six figures. She is the "poster child" for Clinton aides buried in legal costs, said her attorney, Ed Dennis, who said he was holding out hope that the Clintons might help. "I have understood there may be a move afoot to have a fund raiser" with the Clintons and Hollywood entertainers, Dennis said. However, he also said he has heard nothing since Clinton left office. The Clintons have enormous bills themselves. As of the fall, their legal defense fund reported $4 million in unpaid lawyer bills. Richard Lucas, counsel for the fund, said the trustees would issue an update within the month. A major figure from the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and Clinton's impeachment struggle, Linda Tripp, also has filed a lawsuit. She alleges the Clinton administration violated her privacy rights when a Pentagon official leaked confidential information from her FBI background file to a news reporter. As the only person to be indicted in the scandal that led to impeachment, Tripp also amassed large legal bills fighting off a criminal charge - eventually dismissed by a Maryland judge - for taping her telephone conversations with co-worker Lewinsky. (C) 2001 The Palm Beach Post via Bell&Howell Information and Learning Company. All Rights Reserved tom watson tosiwmee