In 2003, a federal judge held the Environmental Protection Agency in contempt for destroying computer files during the Clinton administration that had been sought by a [[conservative]] legal foundation. The U.S. District Judge, Royce Lamberth, also ordered the EPA to pay the Landmark Legal Foundation's legal fees and costs because the agency disobeyed his order to preserve the electronic records of Browner, the former EPA chief.<ref name=GB/> | In 2003, a federal judge held the Environmental Protection Agency in contempt for destroying computer files during the Clinton administration that had been sought by a [[conservative]] legal foundation. The U.S. District Judge, Royce Lamberth, also ordered the EPA to pay the Landmark Legal Foundation's legal fees and costs because the agency disobeyed his order to preserve the electronic records of Browner, the former EPA chief.<ref name=GB/> |