Political Quotes

“last summer the Nation was shocked to hear that a dedicated public servant and trusted friend of the President had taken his own life. The passing months have brought conflicting stories regarding the investigation of this tragic event. The way in which law enforcement authorities conducted their investigations has been most disturbing. The Park Police was chosen over the FBI to investigate the death and Bill Sessions suggested that any FBI investigation was compromised by White House and Department of Justice politics. Next we find that White House staff randomly searched through the victim's office removing some documents; that senior White House attorneys ordered investigators to sit in a hallway as they selected which evidence could be reviewed. The Park Police even criticized the White House for impeding its investigation. If these practices occurred in the private sector, it would be called obstruction of justice. Yet, the administration is continuing its systematic practice of choosing secrecy over openness when it comes to releasing the documents necessary to clear up these confusing issues. Neither the Park Police report, the autopsy, nor the ballistics report have been released. As a result, I am instructing the staff of the Committee on Government Operations to investigate this entire affair. The question of whether this was a suicide is not the focus of this investigation, but the extent of White House influence over criminal investigations.”