The AI Files · 1993 White House Travel Office firings, Harry Thomason, Catherine Cornelius, Peat Marwick audit, FBI inquiry, Billy Dale acquittal, Watkins memo, and Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s Travel Office report · 1993–2000
Seven career Travel Office workers are fired in May 1993. Friends of the Clintons wanted the shop. An audit found messes. A jury cleared Billy Dale. Years later an Independent Counsel says the First Lady had a role she denied — and still will not charge her.
This guide follows Catherine Cornelius, Harry Thomason, David Watkins, Vince Foster’s Travel Office anxieties, the Peat Marwick audit, the FBI predicate, Dale’s acquittal, the Watkins memo, and Robert Ray’s 2000 close — then rates cronyism, cover-up, and whitewash framings against that critical path. Firings can be lawful and ugly at once. False testimony and knowing perjury are different findings.
Bill and Hillary Clinton, Johns Hopkins event context (site archive stand-in for Travelgate hero). Image: Bob McNeely / White House Photograph Office (via site archive) · Public domain — U.S. government work
The story
From a May 1993 purge to Ray’s October 2000 report — chapter by chapter.
Chapter 1
On May 19, 1993, the White House dismissed seven employees of the Travel Office — the shop that booked press travel with the President. The announcement said mismanagement. Critics heard cronyism. Independent Counsel Robert Ray would later say both the firings’ lawfulness and the First Lady’s denied role belonged in the same ledger. [1] [2] [3]
Chapter 2
The Travel Office staff had served Democratic and Republican administrations, some since the early 1960s. They served at the pleasure of the President — a legal fact Ray put first when he called the discharges lawful. At-pleasure power does not settle whether the manner was fair. [4] [5] [6] The Travel Office
Chapter 3
Catherine Cornelius, Clarissa Cerda, and Darnell Martens urged removal of the career staff. Ray found each hoped for responsibility in a reorganized office — and that they circulated misconduct allegations that were, to a large degree, utterly without factual foundation. Ambition is not a crime; it is a motive Ray refused to ignore. [7] [8] Cornelius circle
Chapter 4
Harry Thomason — Hollywood producer, Clinton friend — brought those allegations to Hillary Clinton in at least three conversations, then forcefully conveyed her interest to senior staff. Ray treats Thomason as the catalyst who turned gossip into White House pressure. [9] [10] Thomason’s intervention
Chapter 5
Mack McLarty told a grand jury he viewed Mrs. Clinton as a “principal.” Ray’s story is cumulative: isolated comments might have meant little; repeated discussions with McLarty, Watkins, Foster, and Thomason created significant pressure to act — pressure that principally led to the firings. [11] [8] [12] First Lady pressure
Chapter 6
KPMG Peat Marwick examined Travel Office operations and reported petty-cash handling problems to David Watkins. Ray says that audit became the principal basis for an FBI criminal-investigation predicate. Fiscal findings arrived after political pressure had already been building — a sequence Ray called fortuitous for those who needed a justification. [13] [14] Peat Marwick
Chapter 7
Based principally on Peat Marwick, the FBI determined there was enough for a criminal investigation. Predicate is not guilt. Years later a jury would refuse to convict Billy Dale of embezzlement. Misuse allegations about how the Bureau was brought in became their own oversight fight. [15] [16] FBI predicate
Chapter 8
Billy Ray Dale, Gary Wright, John Dreylinger, Ralph Maughan, John McSweeney, Barnaby Brasseaux, and Robert Van Eimeren lost their jobs. The White House said poor management. The press said Travelgate. [17] [18] [1] The firings
Chapter 9
The early Clinton White House suddenly owned a personnel scandal. An internal management review followed; GAO and the House would inquire. Ray later said those inquiries were appropriate — including into alleged misuse of the FBI and IRS. [19] [20] [16] Travelgate named
Chapter 10
Before his July 1993 death, Vince Foster had been examining the firings and feared congressional or legal trouble. A torn note later recovered said no one in the White House had violated any law or standard, including in the Travel Office. That bridge goes to the Foster guide — not into a murder rewrite here. [21] [22] [23] Foster cross-link
Chapter 11
In November 1995 a jury acquitted Dale of embezzlement. For critics of the White House, the verdict proved a smear. For the Independent Counsel’s later lawfulness analysis, acquittal does not erase Peat Marwick’s earlier petty-cash findings or at-pleasure authority. [24] [13] Dale acquittal
Chapter 12
In 1995 the House and GAO dug into the firings while the Independent Counsel’s Foster track already touched Travel Office events. Oversight multiplied the paper trail that would matter when a draft memo surfaced. [25] [18] [1] Oversight year
Chapter 13
On January 4, 1996, the White House produced a never-before-acknowledged 1993 draft by David Watkins. It said Foster regularly told him the First Lady desired action — the firing of the Travel Office staff — and admitted Watkins had been protective and vague with investigators. The memo became the hinge of the false-statement fight. [26] [1] Watkins memo
Chapter 14
Robert Ray’s office examined whether Watkins and Hillary Clinton made false statements, committed perjury, or obstructed justice about the firings. Shared Independent Counsel institutions also held Whitewater and Foster — sibling doors, not one hallway. [23] [27] [22] OIC track
Chapter 15
Ray announced the evidence was insufficient to prosecute Watkins or the First Lady for the false-statement theories. Declining charges is not the same as endorsing every public denial. [28] [29] No indictment
Chapter 16
The final report landed weeks before Election Day in Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate race. Ray: firings lawful; she had a role; her testimony was factually false; still no prosecution, because knowing falsity was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt. David Kendall called the framing highly unfair. The White House stressed improprieties and a staff decision. [2] [30] [31] [32] Final report
Chapter 17
Whitewater, Vince Foster, and Filegate share years and counsel offices with Travelgate. They do not share this critical path. Light cross-links only. [27] [22] [33]
Chapter 18
Ray’s summary refuses a false choice. The firings were lawful because Travel Office employees served at pleasure — and mismanagement evidence existed. The manner still raised political-motivation suspicions because career bipartisan staff were cleared amid friends’ pressure and largely unfounded early allegations. Holding both sentences is the point of reading the Independent Counsel carefully. [6] [34] [7] Lawful firings Ugly manner
Chapter 19
Follow the numbered critical path (#path): at-pleasure office → Cornelius circle → Thomason → First Lady pressure → Peat Marwick → FBI predicate → May 19 firings → backlash → Dale acquittal → House/GAO → Watkins memo → OIC → June no-indictment → October final report → Kendall/WH rebuttals → memory’s twin poles. Theories that need a criminal Hillary order, or a pure mismanagement fairy tale with no political pressure, must break or recast Ray’s steps.
Chapter 20
Online Travelgate often collapses into either “she ordered a purge and got away with it” or “nothing but a witch hunt.” Ray’s ledger is harder: lawful firings, ugly pressure, an acquittal, factually false testimony, and no proof beyond a reasonable doubt of knowing lies. Ukraine war topics stay out. Grokipedia is never a source. [35] [24] [36] [37] What settled Ukraine hard stop
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Key people
Dale, Cornelius, Thomason, Watkins, Foster, McLarty, the Clintons, Ray, and the oversight cast.
Bill ClintonPresident of the United StatesTravel Office staff served at his pleasure; firings occurred in his first term.
Hillary Rodham ClintonFirst LadyRay found she played a role in the firings contrary to her testimony, called that testimony factually false, and declined prosecution for knowing falsity.
Billy Ray DaleDirector, White House Travel OfficeFired May 19, 1993; later charged with embezzlement and acquitted by a jury in November 1995.
Gary WrightTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
John DreylingerTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
Ralph MaughanTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
John McSweeneyTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
Barnaby BrasseauxTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
Robert Van EimerenTravel Office employeeOne of seven dismissed on May 19, 1993.
Catherine CorneliusWhite House aide; Bill Clinton’s cousinPushed Travel Office reorganization; Ray found personal hope for a role and largely unfounded misconduct allegations.
Clarissa CerdaAide involved in campaign/WH travel arrangementsWith Cornelius, handled campaign travel arrangements and urged staff removal per Ray.
Darnell MartensAssociate pressing Travel Office changeRay: urged removal hoping for responsibility in reorganized office; disseminated allegations largely without foundation.
Harry ThomasonTelevision producer; Clinton friendCatalyst who brought Travel Office allegations to Hillary Clinton and conveyed her interest to senior staff.
David WatkinsAssistant to the President for Management and AdministrationOrdered/executed firings; authored draft memo saying First Lady desired action; Ray examined his statements and declined prosecution.
Mack McLartyWhite House Chief of StaffDiscussed First Lady’s views with senior staff; told grand jury he viewed her as a principal.
Vince FosterDeputy White House CounselExamining Travel Office firings before his death; note mentioned Travel Office; OIC Foster track opened Travel Office inquiry.
Robert W. RayIndependent CounselIssued Travel Office determinations: lawful firings, HRC role, factually false testimony, no prosecution.
Kenneth W. StarrIndependent Counsel (predecessor)OIC jurisdiction that later included Travel Office matters under Ray succession.
David KendallPersonal counsel to Hillary ClintonLetter in Ray report called “factually inaccurate” framing highly unfair and misleading.
Jake SiewertWhite House Press Secretary (2000)Stated Ray report confirmed improprieties, lawful firings, and staff — not First Lady — decision.
Rick LazioNY Republican Senate candidate (2000)Used Ray’s October report to argue character issues in race against Hillary Clinton.
KPMG Peat Marwick auditorsOutside auditors of Travel OfficeReported petty-cash/fiscal findings that became principal FBI predicate basis.
U.S. General Accounting OfficeCongressional auditorIssued GGD-94-132 on Travel Office operations after the firings.
U.S. House of Representatives (1995 inquiry)Congressional investigatorsConducted 1995 inquiry into firings and White House review.
Federal Bureau of InvestigationOpened criminal investigation predicateBased principally on Peat Marwick; misuse allegations separately inquired into.
WorldWide Travel / aviation associatesPrivate travel interests linked in public criticismPublic cronyism narrative tied friends’ travel businesses to the purge; Ray focuses on Cornelius/Martens/Cerda/Thomason pressure rather than a single corporate plot charge.
Robert FiskeEarlier Independent Counsel (Foster)Foster death investigation noted Foster’s Travel Office examination — bridge into OIC Travel Office work.
White House press corps travelersClients of Travel Office bookingsImmediate constituency that amplified Travelgate backlash.
William J. Clinton Presidential LibraryArchival holder of Travel Office FOIA recordsFinding aid names seven employees and describes Travelgate archival scope.
Dee Dee MyersWhite House Press Secretary (1993)Office announced the May 19 dismissals for poor management practices (GAO recounts).
Career Travel Office traditionInstitutional contextLong-serving bipartisan staff culture Ray cites when explaining political-motivation suspicions.
IRS misuse allegations (inquiry subject)Alleged improper invocationRay notes allegations WH improperly invoked FBI and IRS authority as appropriate subjects of GAO/House inquiry.
New York electorate (2000)Audience for Oct 2000 report timingHillary Clinton, campaigning for Senate, said most had made up their minds; Lazio highlighted character.
Timeline
32 dated events, 1993–2000, each with its source.
What we know now
What Ray settled, what politics kept alive, and what still divides camps.
No later prosecution reopened the false-statement case Ray closed; debates continue in politics and memory.
Read the full entryAny cleanup narrative must still clear a jury’s refusal to convict the fired director of embezzlement.
Source: Record of Billy Dale embezzlement acquittal (Nov 1995) via IC report history
Read the full entryFOIA finding aids keep names and document classes researchable.
Source: Clinton Presidential Library — White House Travel Office FOIA finding aid (2006-0946-F)
Read the full entryWhitewater, Foster, and Filegate are separate deep guides — cross-linked, not merged.
Source: The AI Files — Whitewater full guide
Read the full entry
Short case page remains as gateway; hub Full guides lists Travelgate.
Source: The Clinton Files hub
Read the full entryThe yardstick
Sixteen links the mainstream account needs — each tied to a dated event.
Career Travel Office staff book press travel; serve at pleasure of the President.[1][2][3]
On the timelineCornelius, Cerda, and Martens urge removal, hoping for reorganized roles; circulate largely unfounded misconduct claims.[4][5][6]
On the timelineHarry Thomason presses concerns with President, First Lady, and Watkins; at least three conversations with HRC.[7][5][6]
On the timelineHRC’s concerns, conveyed repeatedly via Thomason and direct staff talks, create significant pressure to act.[7][8][9][5]
On the timelineKPMG Peat Marwick finds petty-cash/fiscal problems; reports to Watkins.[10][5]
On the timelineFBI opens criminal-investigation predicate based principally on the audit.[11][5]
On the timelineSeven Travel Office employees dismissed; announced as mismanagement.[12][13][14][15]
On the timelinePress and politics name Travelgate; WH review; GAO/House authority to inquire noted later by Ray.[16][17][18]
On the timeline1995 House and GAO examine firings and operations alongside OIC.[20][14][12]
On the timelineJan 1996 draft: Foster said First Lady desired firings; belated production.[21][12]
On the timelineIndependent Counsel examines Watkins/HRC statements (Foster track → Travel Office).[22][23][12]
On the timelineRay: evidence insufficient to prosecute Watkins or HRC for false statements, perjury, or obstruction.[24][25]
On the timelineKendall disputes “factually inaccurate” framing; WH stresses improprieties and staff decision.[30][31][32]
On the timelineDale acquittal and cronyism suspicions vs Ray’s lawful-firing + false-testimony-without-charge finding define later retellings.[19][28][33][34]
On the timelineOTHER READINGS
Each major framing measured against the critical path: what it must deny or recast, and what it adds.
Travelgate as installing cronies by clearing career staff.
Immediate 1993 press criticism of firings amid friends’ interest in Travel Office business.[4][2][1]
Fits Ray’s ambition and pressure findings; survives as the dominant critical memory.
May 19 is primarily a spoils story dressed later in audit language.
Ray documents Cornelius/Cerda/Martens personal hopes and Thomason’s pipeline. [1] [2]
Ray also insists firings were lawful and fiscal findings existed. [5] [6]
What holds up Partly true
Strong on motive politics; weak if stated as the only lawful-or-not question.
Hillary ordered illegal firings and lied criminally about it.
Energizes voters who treat “factually false” as perjury per se.
Travelgate is a completed federal crime story the IC refused to charge.
Ray finds role and falsity. [1]
Ray declines prosecution for insufficiency on knowing falsity and calls firings lawful. [3] [4]
What holds up Unproven
Overclaims Ray’s ledger.
Only fiscal messes drove May 19.
Defensive memory; WH 2000 statement still echoes it.
Patronage anecdotes are noise around a real audit problem.
Peat Marwick and FBI predicate are real. [1] [2]
Ray says early allegations were largely unfounded and manner raised political suspicions. [7] [4]
What holds up Partly true
Necessary pieces, insufficient monopoly.
Bureau brought in to dirty career staff.
Dale acquittal keeps smear intuition alive.
Criminal process was cover for a personnel hit.
Sequence politics-then-justification worries Ray (“fortuitous”). [4]
FBI predicate rested on Peat Marwick. [1]
What holds up Disputed
Live dispute; not IC’s final conviction story.
Memo proves she directed firings then lied.
Still the favorite primary-source exhibit for role hawks.
Denial of role collapses; only mens rea fights remain.
Supports Ray’s role finding. [1] [3]
Did not suffice for knowing-perjury proof. [4]
What holds up Partly true
Strong exhibit, not a signed order tape.
IC protected her for politics.
Whenever “factually false but no charges” feels like elite immunity.
The close is illegitimate political protection.
Timing was politically radioactive. [1]
Report still published damaging falsity/role findings Kendall attacked. [3] [4]
What holds up Unproven
Motive speculation without proof of corrupt deal.
Murder (or darker plot) to hide Travel Office crimes.
Internet body-count and Foster-murder lists.
Travelgate becomes a killing motive.
Foster did examine Travel Office matters. [1]
Death investigations concluding suicide are the Foster guide’s spine — not rewritten here. [2]
What holds up Discredited
Fails against Foster investigative record; out of Travelgate CP.
Genuinely unknown
What remains unknown, partly known, or often misread.
A complete contemporaneous verbatim record of every conversation.
Secondhand and draft memos leave semantic room between concern and order.
Drives the perjury-vs-falsity political fight.
Contemporaneous recordings or undisputed notes of the key calls.
Full internal choreography of who sought the audit when.
Sequence is the patronage vs cleanup hinge.
Whether cleanup is cover or coincidence.
Complete audit engagement timeline with requester identities.
Every internal FBI/WH contact’s full intent.
Smear vs predicate dispute persists.
Legacy trust in investigative process.
Full release of FBI opening memoranda with context.
Her subjective knowledge — the uncharged mental state.
Criminal law stopped at insufficiency.
Moral vs legal verdicts diverge here.
Evidence Ray said he lacked for knowing falsity.
A complete accounting of every private firm’s expected contracts in cited IC summary.
Cronyism claims often assert specific business wins beyond IC’s published core.
Precision of patronage charge.
Contract/award records tied to the reorganization plan.
Nothing that should merge murder into Travelgate CP.
Often misread online.
Keeps guides honest.
Already settled enough to keep scopes separate.
N/A — mechanisms are known (selective citation).
Each camp quotes half of Ray.
Public understanding.
Wider reading of IC summary + Dale verdict together.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
{n} popular claims about cronyism, Hillary’s orders, FBI misuse, and Ray’s close — each with points for, points against, and sources.
What the record shows. Ray documents personal ambition and Thomason/First Lady pressure — patronage is not a myth — but also finds lawful at-pleasure firings and real Peat Marwick fiscal findings. Pure-crony as the only story overreaches.
Who says it: Contemporary critics; later partisan retellings
What the record shows. Ray finds she had a role and that firings were lawful; he did not prosecute a criminal-order theory. “Order” vs cumulative pressure remains semantic and political.
Who says it: Critics collapsing Ray’s role finding into a crime
What the record shows. Ray called testimony factually false but said evidence was insufficient to prove knowing falsity beyond a reasonable doubt — so the popular “perjury” label outruns the prosecution decision.
Who says it: Political attackers after Oct 2000 report
What the record shows. Audit and FBI predicate support cleanup pieces; Ray’s unfounded-allegation and political-suspicion findings block a monopoly cleanup story.
Who says it: White House defenders
What the record shows. Misuse allegations were appropriate oversight subjects; FBI opened on audit findings; Dale’s acquittal fuels smear narratives; Ray does not convert the episode into a proven FBI-weaponization conviction in the summary relied on here.
Who says it: Congressional critics; Dale defenders
What the record shows. Acquittal clears the embezzlement charge against Dale; it does not erase Peat Marwick’s petty-cash findings or at-pleasure authority.
Who says it: Defensive retellings
What the record shows. The memo is the hinge document of the role fight and supports Ray’s role finding; it is still a Watkins draft recounting Foster’s reports of her desire — not a signed First Lady directive — and it did not produce a perjury conviction.
Who says it: 1996 investigators and later critics
What the record shows. October timing amid her Senate race is real political context; Ray also published damaging falsity/role findings. Timing + no indictment ≠ proven whitewash.
Who says it: Critics of the no-prosecution decision
What the record shows. Foster examined Travel Office issues and mentioned them in a note; multiple death investigations (see Foster guide) concluded suicide. Travelgate does not become a murder proof.
Who says it: Conspiracy literature
What the record shows. Ray’s summary conclusion states the decision to fire was lawful because employees served at pleasure (and mismanagement evidence existed even if cause were needed).
Who says it: Popular shorthand
What the record shows. Contradicted by Ray’s finding that she played a role contrary to her testimony.
Who says it: Strict no-role defenders
What the record shows. Ray notes IRS-misuse allegations as appropriate inquiry subjects; this guide does not treat an IRS weaponization plot as established.
Who says it: Oversight-era allegations
What the record shows. Dale’s acquittal and no HRC charges are real; so are firings, ambition findings, Peat Marwick, and Ray’s falsity finding. “Nothing but” fails.
Who says it: Maximal defenders
What the record shows. Sibling 1990s controversies with different facts: Travel Office personnel vs FBI background-file haul.
Who says it: Collapsed “Clintongate” lists
What the record shows. No prosecution is not full exoneration: he published role and factually false testimony findings.
Who says it: Campaign-style summaries
Media
Independent Counsel volumes, GAO, library finding aids, and works that argue a thesis about Travelgate.
U.S. government work (via site archive) · Public domainOfficial report · 2000Independent Counsel Travel Office / Watkins ReportRobert W. Ray, Independent CounselPrimary GPO volumes on firings, HRC testimony, and summary conclusion.Sets the critical path’s lawfulness, role, falsity, and no-prosecution holdings.
Matching theories: Criminal First Lady order / cover-up Straightforward mismanagement cleanup Patronage purge for friends
Site archive reuse · Public domain — U.S. government workOfficial report chapter · 2000IC Travel Office Summary ConclusionRobert W. RayLawful firings; Thomason/Cornelius pressure; fortuitous justification.Documents patronage pressure without converting it into illegality.
Matching theories: Patronage purge for friends Straightforward mismanagement cleanup
Site archive reuse · Public domain — U.S. government workGAO report · 1994GAO: White House Travel Office Operations (GGD-94-132)U.S. General Accounting OfficeOperational review after May 1993 dismissals.Supplies early oversight spine for operations claims.
Matching theories: Straightforward mismanagement cleanup FBI smear after political purge
Site archive reuse · Public domain / U.S. government work (source page varies)News report · 2000CNN: Ray final report coverageCNN AllPoliticsFactually false / no prosecution; Kendall; Senate-race context.Open Site archive reuse · Public domain / U.S. government work (source page varies)News / statement text · 2000NYT: Ray June statement on Travel Office inquiryThe New York TimesPublishes no-indictment insufficiency language.Open Site archive reuse · Public domainArchival finding aid · 2006Clinton Library Travel Office FOIA finding aidWilliam J. Clinton Presidential LibraryNames seven employees; describes holdings.Open U.S. Department of State · Public domainOfficial report chapter · 2000IC analysis of Hillary Clinton’s Travel Office testimonyRobert W. RayRole finding and factually false testimony analysis.Centers the falsity-without-prosecution distinction.
Matching theories: Criminal First Lady order / cover-up Ray whitewashed the First Lady
Site archive reuse · Public domainPortal · 2000Archived GPO IC Watkins report portalGPO / webharvest archiveLanding page identifying Ray Travel Office matters.Open Public memory
From 1993 cable heat through Dale’s acquittal to Ray’s Senate-year close.
Lasting impact
At-pleasure firings, Independent Counsel politics, and the template for early Clinton scandal wars.
What Travelgate changed — or revealed — about at-pleasure staff and Independent Counsel politics.
Ray’s lawfulness holding reminded Washington that many WH employees can be fired without cause — politics still judges the manner.
The debate. Whether legality should end moral critique.
Travel Office statements rode the IC apparatus later reformed; the multi-year grind became part of 1990s scandal muscle memory.
Careers and reputations stamped by May 1993 and Ray’s 2000 close.
Ray’s falsity/role findings became durable attack lines in her Senate race and later career narratives.
Habits of scandal naming and dual ledgers (lawful vs ugly).
Personnel fights were ugly but not instantly branded.
Cable-era Washington minted Travelgate in days.
Camps demanded a single verdict word.
Serious readers must hold Ray’s dual ledger: lawful firings + false testimony without charge.
Internet lists mash 1990s Clinton fights.
This guide models separate critical paths with light doors.
How this guide works
This page is an AI-generated illustrated guide to Travelgate — the 1993 White House Travel Office firings and their aftermath through Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s 2000 report. Every factual line points to a source. Ratings are badges, not the spine.
Primary anchors: Independent Counsel Travel Office / Watkins report (GPO-ICREPORT-WATKINS); Ray’s June 2000 statement and October 2000 final report as reported by the New York Times and CNN; GAO GGD-94-132; Clinton Presidential Library Travel Office finding aid.
*Hard stop:* this is not a Ukraine-war guide. Whitewater’s financial spine, Vince Foster’s death (beyond the Travel Office examination and note), Filegate’s FBI-files haul, Lewinsky, and later Foundation/email fights are cross-linked — not rebuilt here. [@whitewater-guide] [@foster-guide] [@filegate-guide] [@ukraine-hardstop]
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The Record (sourced facts) is kept visually separate from camp framings in Theories. A lawful at-pleasure firing, ugly political pressure, an acquittal, and a false-testimony finding without prosecution can all be discussed honestly at once.
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