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Andrea Seastrand: the paper shredders over at the White House are abuzz with activity. Yet another Clinton scandal is brewing involving a…

On the recordJune 11, 1996
the paper shredders over at the White House are abuzz with activity. Yet another Clinton scandal is brewing involving a coverup and the abuse of power. Evidently, the Clinton administration raided the FBI files of 341 Bush and Reagan employees. Not only were these people investigated, but their files were kept inside the vault of the White House security office. Information gleaned from these files was passed along to Clinton appointee Craig Livingstone, whose boss was Associate Counsel William H. Kennedy, a former Rose law firm partner with Hillary Clinton. Mr. Speaker, why did the White House want these files? What kind of information were they after? Are there other people who were investigated? In 1992, Bill Clinton refused to make public any FBI files about his anti-Vietnam activity. But as President he has no reservations whatsoever about raiding the FBI files of his Republican opponents.
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Andrea Seastrand
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Addressing allegations of misconduct by the Clinton administration regarding FBI files.

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