I hope the media gives this the legs it deserves. It may be early in Hillary's career, but it gives a clear picture to the roots of her character and its quite disturbing stuff.
Jerry Zeifman, the man who served as chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, comes out calling Hillary a career liar and says she wanted to deny Nixon the basic right to counsel!
As Hillary Clinton came under increasing scrutiny for her story about facing sniper fire in Bosnia, one question that arose was whether she has engaged in a pattern of lying.
The now-retired general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the Watergate investigation, says Hillary’s history of lies and unethical behavior goes back farther – and goes much deeper – than anyone realizes.
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.
Why?
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
There are some very serious charges he lays out as well.
After hiring Hillary, Doar assigned her to confer with me regarding rules of procedure for the impeachment inquiry. At my first meeting with her I told her that Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino, House Speaker Carl Albert, Majority Leader “Tip” O’Neill, Parliamentarian Lou Deschler and I had previously all agreed that we should rely only on the then existing House Rules, and not advocate any changes. I also quoted Tip O’Neill’s statement that: “To try to change the rules now would be politically divisive. It would be like trying to change the traditional rules of baseball before a World Series.”
Hillary assured me that she had not drafted, and would not advocate, any such rules changes. However, as documented in my personal diary, I soon learned that she had lied. She had already drafted changes, and continued to advocate them. In one written legal memorandum, she advocated denying President Nixon representation by counsel. In so doing she simply ignored the fact that in the committee’s then most recent prior impeachment proceeding, the committee had afforded the right to counsel to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
I had also informed Hillary that the Douglas impeachment files were available for public inspection in the committee offices. She later removed the Douglas files without my permission and carried them to the offices of the impeachment inquiry staff — where they were no longer accessible to the public.
Hillary had also made other ethical flawed procedural recommendations, arguing that the Judiciary Committee should: not hold any hearings with – or take depositions of — any live witnesses; not conduct any original investigation of Watergate, bribery, tax evasion, or any other possible impeachable offense of President Nixon; and should rely solely on documentary evidence compiled by other committees and by the Justice Departments special Watergate prosecutor .
The right to counsel is considered one of the inviolable tenets of our justice system. It doesn’t speak well of ambitious attorneys working on a highly-charged political investigation that she wanted to deny someone the right to an attorney. Small wonder Zeifman questioned her ethics.
If all she did was to propose that as a tactic, that would not make it terribly concerning — but she did much more than just spitball ideas. When informed that public evidence showed a precedent for the right to counsel, she absconded with the files to eliminate the evidence. Does that remind anyone of later incidents in the Clinton narrative, such as the billing records for the Rose Law offices and the 900+ raw FBI files on political opponents of the Clintons?
These are very serious charges to Clinton's character. Of course it isn't news that she is a liar, but the detailed ugly details of wanting to deny someone basic Constitutional rights for the sake of a political vendetta has the potential to do her in. If the media gives this the legs it deserves Hillary's political future could cease to exist. Hopefully they don't sweep this one under the rug.
—John Stephenson is editor of Stop The ACLU.




















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"I'm not going to answer
April 1, 2008 - 20:57 ET by Chris Norman"I'm not going to answer questions about that. It's old news. It's been investigated and covered many times and nothing's come of it" - even though no one's ever heard about it...
Chris,
April 1, 2008 - 22:06 ET by R D HelmLOL.
Yeah, John, thanks a pile. :-^)
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
LOL RD....and really John,
April 1, 2008 - 22:14 ET by bigtimerLOL RD....and really John, where have you been? A bunch of us commented on this since RD posted this morning....Noel came in much later and posted about five down from where RD's link here starts and this is OLD news...it isn't going to go anywhere I don't think...
I personally think Obama and team are hoping so though...maybe they know something else is about to come out from the Shrillster's team...hehehee conspiracy can be fun...I'm splittin' a gut laughing here...
The real fun is going to be DENVER!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
bt, LOL
April 1, 2008 - 22:23 ET by R D HelmIt gets even worse, too.
LOL-My mistake was answering my stupid cell phone this morning.
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
BT et al
April 1, 2008 - 22:29 ET by Noel SheppardBT et al,
C'mon guys. Let's be nice. Not all of our contributors read all of the postings or venture into the Open Thread.
And, let's be fair: even Neal thought this was new news. So, let's cut my buddy John some slack, K? ns
Hey Noel... I was just
April 1, 2008 - 22:36 ET by bigtimerHey Noel...
I was just kidding with John, he is one of my favorite bloggers here...I kid you not.
...and John if you didn't know I was kidding then I apologize...I have posted on almost all, if not all of your blog posts and look very much forward to them, and I say that with all sincerity if you didn't know that in the first place...not because Noel said something to me.
Guess I should of said sarcasm or I am being light-hearted or such eh Noel?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
BT
April 1, 2008 - 22:43 ET by Noel SheppardBT,
It's all good. Just wanted John to know. ns
Thank you
April 2, 2008 - 11:44 ET by John StephensonThanks Noel.
No Hard Feelings
April 2, 2008 - 11:41 ET by John StephensonI just post my opinion. One thing I have noticed about Newsbusters is that its success makes a real difference. I think the media reads this blog and takes notes. Some things the media would ignore, they don't because of this site. Thats why many of my posts here ask the question...will they ignore. Even older news with a fresh face can become current news thanks to this site. It never hurts to try to get the media's attention on stuff they should be reporting on. I've watched Rush pick up stuff from here before and then the media can't ignore it. Obama's pastor was old news too, but youtube capturing it launched a whole new face to it.
Oh
April 2, 2008 - 11:45 ET by John StephensonAlso, thanks for the compliments. I appreciate them very much.
Unfortunately
April 2, 2008 - 11:43 ET by John StephensonI don't have as much time as I would like to have to participate in open threads. Sometimes things need their own headlines though to be noticed. I think a big part of this blog is to make the media notice things they would otherwise ignore.
I would say they will be
April 1, 2008 - 21:02 ET by BlazerI would say they will be on this like peanut butter on jelly, especially after her Tuzla fiasco, but being this has to do with Watergate and Nixon, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Plus even if this be the straw that break's her back, I so want her and The MSMessia to fight it out till the convention.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
"She later removed the
April 1, 2008 - 20:59 ET by Chris Norman"She later removed the Douglas files without my permission and carried them to the offices of the impeachment inquiry staff — where they were no longer accessible to the public."
The original Sandy Berger!
Kind of reminds me of
April 1, 2008 - 21:18 ET by bigtimerKind of reminds me of documents from the Rose Law firm all of a sudden out of nowhere POOF just magically showing up on a desk in her own personal office or some such somewhere...or Vince Fosters records taken out of his office showing up later in some closet that suddenly got found by Maggie Williams or someone like that....on and on it goes with her...of course it will matter not, the msm covered this already and defended her...they can't undo what they have already protected and pooh poohed...this old news resurfacing has to be making a new light by the Obama team...hoping it will get different coverage...it won't.
Heck if anyone with a conservative bent was running against her today I heard her tell another outright lie in Pa. today talking about gas prices and oil...about Pres. Bush not wanting to be self-dependent here today with our own oil (of course he did and does), her saying he just wants it from his Saudi friends ect...I could not believe what this witch was saying....as if she hasn't voted against our being self-dependent here...let alone her husband vetoing ANWR himself...what a lying witch....onward she goes...as always...and gets away with all her lies...of course I am paraphrasing here, but you get the drift.
Not one word out of her mouth or her husbands has ever been truthful...why should they tell the truth now, the msm and the leftist dems have protected them for all their lives politically...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
"This is just further proof...
April 1, 2008 - 21:20 ET by geoff.gale...that I am ready on day one to steal or hide evidence, obfuscate and parse words, all skills that my husband, William Jefferson Clinton proved were essential to conducting business as the President of the United States. My opponent, while a gifted speaker who's just darn good at making speeches, will not be ready on day one to conduct the business of lying such as is called for by the responsibilities of the office."
It would be however
April 1, 2008 - 21:20 ET by BlazerIt would be however sweet-sweet karma if after all of these year's it was the ghost of Richard Nixon that finally took down the Clinton's.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Oh my, that WOULD be so
April 1, 2008 - 21:57 ET by CrimsonfistedOh my, that WOULD be so funny, and sweet. One can only hope it will happen.
WhatAMaroon
delicious
April 1, 2008 - 22:04 ET by Free StinkerTo borrow Noel's phrase, it would be delicious! :-)
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
What a long strange trip
April 1, 2008 - 23:25 ET by stratmanWhat a long strange trip Hillary's karma will have taken!
RRAM Tough!
They got away with
April 2, 2008 - 11:08 ET by pbanks7They got away with everthing - and more - that they accused Nixon of. This story, however, will probably have the legs of a paraplegic.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
After the Bosnia thing
April 1, 2008 - 21:25 ET by BlondeWhich got it's "first" most recent airing here, I can't imagine this won't be picked up.
Meltdown in four days, folks. She won't be able to "misremember" this one. :D
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I think this one may have legs...
April 1, 2008 - 21:54 ET by Scout FinchFTA: When informed that public evidence showed a precedent for the right to counsel, she absconded with the files to eliminate the evidence. Does that remind anyone of later incidents in the Clinton narrative, such as the billing records for the Rose Law offices and the 900+ raw FBI files on political opponents of the Clintons?
If any Dems or any media favorable to Obama want to end her presidential aspirations right now, this is a great opportunity. If the Dems don't use it, McCain should use it if he's running against her.
Crooked lawyer/politician.
April 1, 2008 - 21:56 ET by ScrapironWhy am I not surprised? Unethical democrat, why am I not surprised? The only surprise is that anyone had to print this to convince the American public that all democrats are criminals.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
Oh, nevermind.
April 1, 2008 - 22:08 ET by R D HelmTheme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
I agree
April 1, 2008 - 22:20 ET by FastEdno matter what we say, think, - the dopes in the msm(Lsm) will NOT report ANYTHING that goes against the corination of the hillbilly, the real first Black pres. Sorry Barry.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
But I thought the media was
April 1, 2008 - 22:22 ET by balboaBut I thought the media was in the tank for Obama?
From my perspective
April 1, 2008 - 22:32 ET by FastEdthe names are interchangeable. Remember when they were all Gung Ho for McCain? Fickle bunch, those "reporters".
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
They may be in the tank for
April 1, 2008 - 22:49 ET by BlazerThey may be in the tank for Obama bal, but I dont' see them driving a rusty stake through her heart over anything concerning violating the constitutional right's of a former Republican president and exhibiting gross unethical judicial behavior, heck they would love to see that happen to the president we have now.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Bal
April 1, 2008 - 22:55 ET by Free StinkerBut I thought the media was in the tank for Obama?
Not all of them. I recall that &%$#@! Foxnews was blatently pro-McCain on Super Tuesday.
No, this is not an April Fools joke. :-(
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
And Fox News was equally-blatantly pro-Rudy before that...
April 2, 2008 - 01:03 ET by sarcasmo(Good thing I was here to mercilessly rag on 'em in my trademarked "fair and balanced" way!) Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how a reading-addicted, Watergate era, political geek like me could manage NOT to know about any of this until today. Should I be learning it on an April Fool's Day decades-later indirectly from "talk, not news" Boortz via NB? Or does the lateness & manner of my learning about it say something about the existence of massive & pervasive political media bias?
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
RD...I'm sensing your
April 1, 2008 - 22:22 ET by bigtimerRD...I'm sensing your frustratution here....it'll do you no good...maybe make yourself a cool one...lol.
Cheers?
Btw...I tried to help you out a little above....although I know only time will do that...heheeee... that's just a little sarcasm here ya' know friend.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
bt,
April 1, 2008 - 22:52 ET by R D HelmActually, I'm not really all that frustrated. Its just I thought I had a sure thing this morning.
LOL-Next time I think I have a "scoop" on my hands, I think I will fire it off to Noel first, as he apparently has the ability to remember things 99.9999% of us cannot.
I had always known of Hillary Clinton's involvement in the Watergate investigation, as I have heard Neal, Rush, Sean and many others talking about it over the years, and have read about it as well. Its just that I cannot recall anyone stating that she was actually fired from the House Judiciary Committee. That was news to me.
I just figured that once Nixon resigned, everybody just pretty much shrugged, then packed up and went home.
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
I knew she was involved in Watergate
April 2, 2008 - 01:21 ET by sarcasmoBut I feel sure I'd have remembered any ethical issue, especially a big one like this, if I'd ever seen anything. This would have to either be pervasive and widespread media bias, or an incredibly focused series of "senior moments" on my part, all regarding 2 of my favorite subjects -- Hillary & Watergate. The media has always been biased, and I'm increasingly prone to senior moments as life goes by, so it's up to others which one they think is more-likely.
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
Upon further reflection, maybe we need to keep this thing quiet.
April 1, 2008 - 22:44 ET by R D HelmAfter all, the last thing we want to see is Hillary falling out prior to the dem convention in August.
I mean, what fun would that be?
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
Schaedenfreud
April 1, 2008 - 22:50 ET by Free StinkerI'm really enjoying all this Demoncrat infighting.
Too bad that no matter what happens, our president will be either John, Hillary, or Barrack. :-(
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
Hey RD...too late now..if
April 1, 2008 - 22:56 ET by bigtimerHey RD...too late now..if it's on NBs the whole world knows now...one way or the other...can't put the genie back in the bottle now.
I kid you not!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
bt,
April 1, 2008 - 23:04 ET by R D HelmYeah, but I have already bought those two huge bottles of Orville Redenbacher. :-)
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
Hehehee..they'll be
April 1, 2008 - 23:12 ET by bigtimerHehehee..they'll be used with great fun about August and Denver time...eh?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
I'm actually wondering if
April 2, 2008 - 12:20 ET by RESTLESS 1I'm actually wondering if the view from the T.V. will do it justice, or if I should head to Denver in August. Lord knows it won't be nearly as hot there as will be here. It should would be fun to be there to stir the pot a little. :)
here's a brief list of hillarys pathological unethical behavior
April 1, 2008 - 22:51 ET by lunaticcringeradioHillary simply cannot tell the truth. Here's her scorecard:
Admitted Lies
• Chelsea was jogging around the Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (She was in bed watching it on TV.)
• Hillary was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. (She admitted she was
wrong. He climbed Mt. Everest five years after her birth.)
• She was under sniper fire in Bosnia. (A girl presented her with flowers at the foot of the ramp.)
• She learned in The Wall Street Journal how to make a killing in the
futures market. (It didn't cover the market back then.)
Whoppers She Won't Confess To
• She didn't know about the FALN pardons.
• She didn't know that her brothers were being paid to get pardons that Clinton granted.
• Taking the White House gifts was a clerical error.
• She didn't know that her staff would fire the travel office staff after she told them to do so.
• She didn't know that the Peter Paul fundraiser in Hollywood in 2000 cost $700,000 more than she reported it had.
• She opposed NAFTA at the time.
• She was instrumental in the Irish peace process.
• She urged Bill to intervene in Rwanda.
• She played a role in the '90s economic recovery.
• The billing records showed up on their own.
• She thought Bill was innocent when the Monica scandal broke.
• She was always a Yankees fan.
• She had nothing to do with the New Square Hasidic pardons (after they
voted for her 1,400-12 and she attended a meeting at the White House
about the pardons).
• She negotiated for the release of refugees in Macedonia (who were released the day before she got there).
lunaticcringeradio
She didn't know about the
April 1, 2008 - 23:23 ET by bigtimerShe didn't know about the FBI files and never heard of Craig Livingstone...
Hey... but she knows how to make a mean salad!
(I don't know if anybody remembers that...but it was when she was running for Senate in a Hollywood ad that was made for her...I thought it was pathetically funny)
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
I "mean" the operative word?
April 2, 2008 - 06:15 ET by NortoI "mean" the operative word?
Yes! And Hillary has done more and will...
April 2, 2008 - 09:07 ET by ThalpyYes! And Hillary has done more and will do more to preserve our country, our honor, our values, and our future than anyone on the planet. "Yeah! That's the ticket!"
If they do cover this story,
April 2, 2008 - 03:49 ET by fitzfongIf they do cover this story, it will be couched in the usual "they're beating up on the girl" framework. Be on the lookout for Ann Lewis, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Clift, Barbara Boxer, Gloria Allred, Katie Couric, Tina Fey or another of the gaggle of carpies to make the rounds complaining about how this story is only out there to neutralize the female candidate and that this just shows how misogynist the media and this country are. Then these self-anointed representatives of all women are going to use this "injustice" as a rallying point so that they can circle the wagons and force this crook's Presidential bid down our throats. Yawn.