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Judicial Watch's discovery resulted in a six-month federal court hearing into the email scandal, during which Clinton officials were deposed, including Cheryl Mills. Mills was, in fact, aware of the missing White House emails but "assumed" someone else was handling the matter.

In an April 28, 2008, ruling in the email scandal, Judge Royce C. Lamberth called Cheryl Mills' participation in the matter "loathsome." He further stated Mills was responsible for "the most critical error made in this entire fiasco... Mills' actions were totally inadequate to address the problem." (Unfortunately, Judge Lamberth ruled there was no evidence of a conspiracy or obstruction of justice.)

Loathsome and totally inadequate. Say hello to the new Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State, ladies and gentlemen.

Mills was also one of three Clinton White House lawyers who recommended Bill Clinton release the private letters of Kathleen Willey, in violation of the Privacy Act. Thanks to Judicial Watch's legal efforts in this case, Bill Clinton was the first sitting president to be found to have committed a crime (web site) by a federal court when he authorized the release of letters written to him by Ms. Willey, whom the former president sexually assaulted in the Oval Office. (Mills was one of the lawyers who defended Bill Clinton's perjury and obstruction of justice in the failed Senate trial to remove the impeached president. That may impress some, but most Americans are tired of corrupt politicians getting away with high crimes and misdemeanors.)

Clearly, Mills is not fit to serve in any official capacity in the government, but most especially as Chief of Staff at our Department of State.

Government Settles Judicial Watch Abramoff Lawsuit

The federal government elected to settle a Judicial Watch lawsuit (web site) regarding corrupt former lobbyist Jack Abramoff rather than face further litigation. The U.S. Secret Service will pay Judicial Watch $32,000 to settle a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that saw the agency attempt to stonewall the release of records related to Abramoff's visits to the Bush White House.

It's been a little while since I've covered this lawsuit, so let's review. As you may recall, Jack Abramoff was connected to a web of influence-peddling scandals (web site) that eventually led to his arrest and imprisonment.

Obviously, given the breadth of scandals involving Abramoff, many people wondered what, if any, contacts he had with the White House. When questioned about his relationship with Abramoff, President Bush distanced himself, saying, "I don't know him." The White House subsequently admitted that Abramoff had attended White House staff meetings, but refused to provide any further details.

That's when we got involved.

Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request with the U.S. Secret Service to obtain information related to Abramoff's visits to The White House. When the agency failed to respond, we filed a lawsuit. Judicial Watch earned a court victory when Judge John Garrett Penn ordered the Secret Service to release to Judicial Watch "all White House visitor logs from January 1, 2001 to present that reflect the entries and exit(s) of lobbyist Jack Abramoff from the White House" without redactions by May 10, 2006.

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