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Richard Pombo: “apparently the White House is at it again. This time they raided the confidential FBI files of Republican officials…”

On the recordJune 10, 1996
apparently the White House is at it again. This time they raided the confidential FBI files of Republican officials, including former Secretary of State James Baker. Let me just read from the AP story about this incident: But among the unanswered questions were, who at the White House knew the files has been gathered and why they were kept at the White House rather than returned to the FBI? The files, 341 of them, almost all of them former employees of Republican administrations, were stored in the White House security office's vault. Mr. Speaker, I guess we can all breathe a little easier knowing that not every Republican was investigated. It was only 341 of them. The White House assures us that this was only a small, innocent bureaucratic mistake. I believe that. I also believe in the Easter Bunny, and that the world is flat. Mr. Speaker, it is time for the White House to come clean.
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Richard Pombo
California
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Addressing the controversy over the White House's handling of confidential FBI files related to Republican officials.

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