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Joe Scarborough: “As the New York Times wrote in an editorial on September 10, 1997, yesterday's testimony yet again punctures the fiction…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1997
As the New York Times wrote in an editorial on September 10, 1997, yesterday's testimony yet again punctures the fiction that the abuses that occurred were solely the responsibility of the Democrat Party and not the White House. That is very important for Janet Reno's decision, how much the White House was influenced. And, again, the front page of the New York Times today talks about how the White House and, I think, Dick Morris had a scheme to funnel money to State parties to do it. And the New York Times editorialized about Janet Reno's faulty fix and stated, the Attorney General mistakes efficiency for integrity. And we hope, like the New York Times and others hope, that she will find the integrity that she needs to make the decision.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing the implications of testimony related to the White House and Attorney General Janet Reno.

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