Scandals

Filegate

Hundreds of FBI files on Republicans in the White House

House interim report on White House access to FBI background files, 1996. Complete cover page of the report.
U.S. House of Representatives · Source & image context ↗

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Privacy failure documented / plot unproven

The files should never have reached the White House. Independent counsel Ray and, later, a federal judge found no proof that the Clintons sought them or used them against opponents.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

READ THE FILE

Evidence & assessment.

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OPEN THE RECORD

Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. Alexander v. FBI, 691 F. Supp. 2d 182 (D.D.C. 2010): court opinion (republication) ↗

    Republished judicial opinion. Explains the requests and multiple grounds for judgment; does not declare every request proper.

  2. House interim report on FBI background-investigation files, September 1996 ↗

    Interim congressional inquiry; a report’s existence establishes investigation, not proof of the allegations in its title.

  3. CNN: Independent counsel finds no “substantial and credible” evidence of Clinton involvement in Filegate, 16 Mar 2000 ↗

    Contemporaneous report of Robert Ray’s Filegate finding, the Livingstone hiring question and Hillary Clinton’s 1999 sworn statement.

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