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Livingstone was the perfect [http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,6984,00.html patsy] for what happened next. Big, stupid, partisan, willing to make a fool of himself and loyal to the end, Livingstone was nearly the embodiment of the perfect Clinton surrogate.

Livingstone was the perfect [http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,6984,00.html patsy] for what happened next. Big, stupid, partisan, willing to make a fool of himself and loyal to the end, Livingstone was nearly the embodiment of the perfect Clinton surrogate.

   

   

That the files were illegally procured there is no doubt. That a [[DNC]] operative illegally downloaded copies to a flashdrive there is no question. That the files contained half-truths and innuendos, similar to the abuse the country suffered only two years earlier in the [[Clarence Thomas#Appointment to the United States Supreme Court|Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill]] hearings there is a near certainty;  that innocent lives and careers were affected for the coming decades is unquestionable. It was intended as the political equivalent of the [[Katyn massacre]]-a decapitation of the future leadership of the Republican party. Any White House staffers who served Presidents Reagan and Papa Bush who may think of running for Congress one day had to brace themselves for whatever lies and innuendo may be thrown at them publicly out of an FBI background check.<ref>http://fas.org/irp/congress/1996_rpt/fbirep.htm</ref>

That the files were illegally procured there is no doubt. That a [[DNC]] operative illegally downloaded copies to a flashdrive there is no question. That the files contained half-truths and innuendos, similar to the abuse the country suffered only two years earlier in the [[Clarence Thomas#Appointment to the United States Supreme Court|Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill]] hearings there is a near certainty;  that innocent lives and careers were affected for the coming decades is unquestionable. It was intended as the political equivalent of the [[Katyn massacre]]-a decapitation of the future leadership of the Republican party. Any White House staffers who served Presidents Reagan and Papa Bush who may think of running for Congress one day had to brace themselves for whatever lies and innuendo may be thrown at them publicly out of an FBI background check.<ref>https://fas.org/irp/congress/1996_rpt/fbirep.htm</ref>

In the end of coarse, no one was ever held accountable for the abuse and lives destroyed. But all fingers inside the White House and outside pointed at the new First Lady who was rapidly getting a national reputation for the use of [[dirty tricks]]ters, private investigators, and outright thugs to harass, discredit, intimidate, and blackmail her perceived political enemies or those who stood in the way of her raw ambition for power.

In the end of coarse, no one was ever held accountable for the abuse and lives destroyed. But all fingers inside the White House and outside pointed at the new First Lady who was rapidly getting a national reputation for the use of [[dirty tricks]]ters, private investigators, and outright thugs to harass, discredit, intimidate, and blackmail her perceived political enemies or those who stood in the way of her raw ambition for power.

{{Main|Clinton health care plan|l1=Hillarycare}}

{{Main|Clinton health care plan|l1=Hillarycare}}

Hillary was asked by her husband to play a central role in secretly crafting a plan to overhaul Health Care. Joe Klein. author of ''Primary Colors'', the fawning rendition of the phenomena of Clintonism on the 1992 campaign trail remarked,

Hillary was asked by her husband to play a central role in secretly crafting a plan to overhaul Health Care. Joe Klein. author of ''Primary Colors'', the fawning rendition of the phenomena of Clintonism on the 1992 campaign trail remarked,

{{Cquote |Bill Clinton really believed that if anybody was going to come up with the answer to the most vexing public policy problem out there, it was going to be Hillary. It was one of the stupidest political decisions that Bill Clinton ever made.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/clinton-transcript/ "Clinton" program transcript].  ''American Experience'' [Boston: WGBH] television series (PBS).  Retrieved from PBS website.</ref>}}[[Image:070917graveconcern-x.gif|left|thumb|400px]]

{{Cquote |Bill Clinton really believed that if anybody was going to come up with the answer to the most vexing public policy problem out there, it was going to be Hillary. It was one of the stupidest political decisions that Bill Clinton ever made.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/clinton-transcript/ "Clinton" program transcript].  ''American Experience'' [Boston: WGBH] television series (PBS).  Retrieved from PBS website.</ref>}}[[Image:070917graveconcern-x.gif|left|thumb|400px]]

Democrats were divided, and conservatives counterattacked. The Democratically controlled Congress refused to even vote on it, given its unpopularity and having to publicly take a stand in support of the Clintons before the 1994 Midterm Elections.  

Democrats were divided, and conservatives counterattacked. The Democratically controlled Congress refused to even vote on it, given its unpopularity and having to publicly take a stand in support of the Clintons before the 1994 Midterm Elections.  

==Enemies list==

==Enemies list==

{{Main|Vast right wing conspiracy theory}}

{{Main|Vast right wing conspiracy theory}}

Hillary Clinton branded opponents of the Administration and critics of the Clinton's scandalous lifestyles as "a vast right-wing conspiracy."  White House staffers made up an enemies list of persons and organizations who subsequently endured IRS audits and harassment.<ref>Klayman, Larry (July 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/19991007035755/http://www.liberty.edu/chancellor/nlj/July1999/Coverstory2.htm "Clinton uses IRS to punish critics"]. ''National Liberty Journal''.  Reprinted at Liberty University website/National Liberty Journal online.  Retrieved from October 7, 1999 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

Hillary Clinton branded opponents of the Administration and critics of the Clinton's scandalous lifestyles as "a vast right-wing conspiracy."  White House staffers made up an enemies list of persons and organizations who subsequently endured IRS audits and harassment.<ref>Klayman, Larry (July 1999). [https://web.archive.org/web/19991007035755/http://www.liberty.edu/chancellor/nlj/July1999/Coverstory2.htm "Clinton uses IRS to punish critics"]. ''National Liberty Journal''.  Reprinted at Liberty University website/National Liberty Journal online.  Retrieved from October 7, 1999 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>

Although Hillary Clinton told CBS's Steve Kroft in an interview on ''60 Minutes'' to address her husband's infidelity, Clinton emphatically stated,

Although Hillary Clinton told CBS's Steve Kroft in an interview on ''60 Minutes'' to address her husband's infidelity, Clinton emphatically stated,

==Pardongate==

==Pardongate==

In preparation for her Senate bid, President Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group  <ref>Multiple references:

In preparation for her Senate bid, President Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group  <ref>Multiple references:

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080501015940/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf "Coddling terrorists?"] (September 21, 1999).  Senate Republican Policy Committee.  Retrieved from May 1, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080501015940/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf "Coddling terrorists?"] (September 21, 1999).  Senate Republican Policy Committee.  Retrieved from May 1, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.

*U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 15, 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416225221/https://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm "Witness list (and transcribed statements): Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 'Clemency for FALN Members'"].  U.S. Senate website/Committee on the Judiciary.  Retrieved from April 16, 2000 archive at Internet Archive.  

*U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 15, 1999). [https://web.archive.org/web/20000416225221/https://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm "Witness list (and transcribed statements): Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 'Clemency for FALN Members'"].  U.S. Senate website/Committee on the Judiciary.  Retrieved from April 16, 2000 archive at Internet Archive.  

*U.S. Senate, 106th Congress (September 14, 1999).  [http://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33 "S.J. Res. 106-33: A joint resolution deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency to FALN terrorists."] U.S. Congress website/Legislation/106th Congress/Senate joint resolutions.  Passed 95-2.</ref> to curry favor with [[radical]] [[Puerto Rican]] voters among the New York electorate.<ref>[http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm "FALN clemency and NY Senate race"] (1999-2009). Justice for Jonathan Pollard website.</ref>  The FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in [[Manhattan]], killing four people in 1975. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm "Clinton pardons terror"] (August 13, 1999). ''New York Post''.  Reprinted at Latin American Studies website.</ref>

*U.S. Senate, 106th Congress (September 14, 1999).  [https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33 "S.J. Res. 106-33: A joint resolution deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency to FALN terrorists."] U.S. Congress website/Legislation/106th Congress/Senate joint resolutions.  Passed 95-2.</ref> to curry favor with [[radical]] [[Puerto Rican]] voters among the New York electorate.<ref>[http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm "FALN clemency and NY Senate race"] (1999-2009). Justice for Jonathan Pollard website.</ref>  The FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in [[Manhattan]], killing four people in 1975. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm "Clinton pardons terror"] (August 13, 1999). ''New York Post''.  Reprinted at Latin American Studies website.</ref>

[[Marc Rich]] is the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the Democratic party, so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as Barack Obama's Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President Jimmy Carter publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref>  His wife Denise Rich then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].

[[Marc Rich]] is the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the Democratic party, so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as Barack Obama's Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President Jimmy Carter publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref>  His wife Denise Rich then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].

==Senate campaign==

==Senate campaign==

===Illegal fundraising, 2000===

===Illegal fundraising, 2000===

In January 2006 Hillary Clinton's New York Senate 2000 campaign was fined by the FEC for failing to accurately report $721,895 in contributions.<ref>[http://www.fec.gov/press/press2006/20060126mur.html "Press release, Matter under review 5225"] (January 26, 2006).  Federal Election Commission website.</ref>

In January 2006 Hillary Clinton's New York Senate 2000 campaign was fined by the FEC for failing to accurately report $721,895 in contributions.<ref>[https://www.fec.gov/press/press2006/20060126mur.html "Press release, Matter under review 5225"] (January 26, 2006).  Federal Election Commission website.</ref>

===Illegal fundraising, 2007===

===Illegal fundraising, 2007===