The Meaning of IS, by Bob Barr: on Government Reform

Clinton & Reno covered up 1996 illegal campaign finance

Furthermore, Reno herself hardly kept her distance from the fund-raising scheme. In just one example, she received a personal memo updating her on the Democratic National Committee’s plans to raise $100 million prior to the 1996 elections. The memo included a hand-scrawled note to “Janet” from a top party fund-raiser. Needless to say, this put Reno in an awkward position.

Reno kept documents [from this investigation] hidden from public view. If the Freeh and LaBella memos had become public in 1997, they would have galvanized our [impeachment] efforts.