Al Gore in The Washington Times

On Government Reform: No controlling legal authority“ for White House calls

In a hastily arranged press conference on March 3, 1997, Gore claimed he did nothing illegal when he solicited money for the DNC (Democratic National Committee) on federal property. Gore repeated seven times that there was no controlling legal authority emphasizing: “My counsel advised me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says that there was any violation of law whatsoever in the manner in which I asked people to contribute to our re-election campaign.” Furthermore, Gore confessed that, “On a few occasions, I made some telephone calls, from my office in the White House, using a DNC credit card. I was advised there was nothing wrong with that practice. The Hatch Act has a specific provision saying that, while federal employees are prohibited from requesting campaign contributions, the president and the vice president are not covered by that act because, obviously, we are candidates.” Source: White House Press Conference reported in Washington Times Mar 4, 1997

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