oracle
10-11-2002, 02:33 AM
Hillary lied? I'm shocked! (And if you believe that, I have some beach front propert in Arizona for sale.
Hillary's Bags Surface (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/49031.htm)
by DICK MORRIS
October 11, 2002 -- FOUND! The four Judith Leiber bags Hillary Clinton denied having every received. Yesterday, the House Government Reform Subcommittee released a list of gfts worth over $1 million that were received by Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House that were never disclosed. The list contradicts statements made by the former first lady and current senator.
In this column, on Feb. 11, 2001, I wrote that Hillary had received many undisclosed gifts, including some from "Judith Leiber, designer of expensive and easily recognizable evening bags." I wrote that Hillary had received three or four of these valuable creations, worth "about $10,000," but that the bags "do not appear on any of the disclosure forms in the public record." The article was accompanied by a picture of the former first lady carrying a Socks the Cat evening bag by Leiber that retails for more than $3,300.
Outraged, Hillary denounced the story as "false" and criticized me for "not bothering" to check the facts. She claimed to have received only two bags - one given to her before the first inauguration in 1993, which did not have to be disclosed, and another which she claimed to have reported on her 1994 disclosure form.
Hillary opined at the time, "It's really regrettable that the people writing and publishing the story didn't call to get the facts, because there would have been no story. I guess that's why they didn't call and it is a very unfortunate commentary on the way these things are handled."
Well, the missing bags have finally surfaced in the documents of the House subcommittee. Hillary got four bags while serving as First Lady after all, and their combined worth is about $9,000. They are:
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Click here to read more (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/49031.htm)
Hillary's Bags Surface (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/49031.htm)
by DICK MORRIS
October 11, 2002 -- FOUND! The four Judith Leiber bags Hillary Clinton denied having every received. Yesterday, the House Government Reform Subcommittee released a list of gfts worth over $1 million that were received by Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House that were never disclosed. The list contradicts statements made by the former first lady and current senator.
In this column, on Feb. 11, 2001, I wrote that Hillary had received many undisclosed gifts, including some from "Judith Leiber, designer of expensive and easily recognizable evening bags." I wrote that Hillary had received three or four of these valuable creations, worth "about $10,000," but that the bags "do not appear on any of the disclosure forms in the public record." The article was accompanied by a picture of the former first lady carrying a Socks the Cat evening bag by Leiber that retails for more than $3,300.
Outraged, Hillary denounced the story as "false" and criticized me for "not bothering" to check the facts. She claimed to have received only two bags - one given to her before the first inauguration in 1993, which did not have to be disclosed, and another which she claimed to have reported on her 1994 disclosure form.
Hillary opined at the time, "It's really regrettable that the people writing and publishing the story didn't call to get the facts, because there would have been no story. I guess that's why they didn't call and it is a very unfortunate commentary on the way these things are handled."
Well, the missing bags have finally surfaced in the documents of the House subcommittee. Hillary got four bags while serving as First Lady after all, and their combined worth is about $9,000. They are:
...
Click here to read more (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/49031.htm)