This is a person people want to elect for president: Franklin Polk backed up major claims by Jerry Zeifman, the general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee who supervised Clinton’s work on the Watergate investigation in 1974, Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, called Clinton a “liar” and “an unethical, dishonest lawyer.” He contends Clinton was collaborating with allies of the Kennedys to block revelation of Kennedy-administration activities that made Watergate “look like a day at the beach.” Her brief, Zeifman said, was so fraudulent and ridiculous, she would have been disbarred if she had submitted it to a judge. Polk confirmed Clinton wrote a brief arguing Nixon should not be granted legal counsel due to a lack of precedent. But Clinton deliberately ignored the then-recent case of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who was allowed to have a lawyer during the impeachment attempt against him in 1970. Read more at wnd/2008/04/60962/#8hzr3qUUoVw6Xm56.99
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:38:47 +0000
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