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DEFENDING ILLEGAL HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE: WHITE HOUSE TO SPEND MORE MONEY
( AAPS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1998 /PRNewswire/)
-- A Notice of Appeal was filed today by the government in the case of AAPS v. Hillary Clinton. Last December, Judge Royce Lamberth issued a Memorandum and Order finding the White House and Department of Justice guilty of misconduct in the case, and imposed sanctions of almost $285,000 for what the judge called a "cover up."
Kathryn Serkes, spokesperson for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following statement:
"The Administration has already wasted more than $14 million on the illegal task force (GAO report, 11/95), and more than a million in litigation defending an indefensible cover up. Apparently, they have no problem throwing away more of the taxpayers money in a feeble attempt to save face.
Excerpts of the Memorandum of Judge Royce Lamberth 12/18/97:
" ... This whole dishonest explanation was provided to this court in the Magaziner declaration on March 3, 1993, and this court holds that such dishonesty is sanctionable and was not good faith dealing with the court or plaintiff's counsel ... this type of conduct is reprehensible, and the government must be held accountable for it."
"It is clear that the decisions here were made at the highest levels of government, and the government itself -- and should be --accountable when its officials run amok. There were no rogue lawyers here misleading the court. The court agrees with plaintiffs that these were not reckless and inept errors taken by bewildered counsel. The Executive Branch of the government, working in tandem,was dishonest with this court, and the government must now face the consequences of its misconduct."
"It seems that some government officials never learn that the cover-up can be worse than the underlying conduct. Most shocking to this court, and deeply disappointing, is that the Department of Justice would participate in such conduct."
http://pages.prodigy.com/DOCTORINFORM/appeal.htm
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( AAPS WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1998 /PRNewswire/)
-- A Notice of Appeal was filed today by the government in the case of AAPS v. Hillary Clinton. Last December, Judge Royce Lamberth issued a Memorandum and Order finding the White House and Department of Justice guilty of misconduct in the case, and imposed sanctions of almost $285,000 for what the judge called a "cover up."
Kathryn Serkes, spokesperson for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following statement:
"The Administration has already wasted more than $14 million on the illegal task force (GAO report, 11/95), and more than a million in litigation defending an indefensible cover up. Apparently, they have no problem throwing away more of the taxpayers money in a feeble attempt to save face.
Excerpts of the Memorandum of Judge Royce Lamberth 12/18/97:
" ... This whole dishonest explanation was provided to this court in the Magaziner declaration on March 3, 1993, and this court holds that such dishonesty is sanctionable and was not good faith dealing with the court or plaintiff's counsel ... this type of conduct is reprehensible, and the government must be held accountable for it."
"It is clear that the decisions here were made at the highest levels of government, and the government itself -- and should be --accountable when its officials run amok. There were no rogue lawyers here misleading the court. The court agrees with plaintiffs that these were not reckless and inept errors taken by bewildered counsel. The Executive Branch of the government, working in tandem,was dishonest with this court, and the government must now face the consequences of its misconduct."
"It seems that some government officials never learn that the cover-up can be worse than the underlying conduct. Most shocking to this court, and deeply disappointing, is that the Department of Justice would participate in such conduct."
http://pages.prodigy.com/DOCTORINFORM/appeal.htm
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