Damn..... I had forgotten all about Travelgate!
Easy to forget.
The White House stated the firings were done because financial improprieties in the Travel Office operation during previous administrations had been revealed by an
FBI investigation. Critics contended the firings were done to allow friends of President
Bill Clinton and First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton to take over the travel business and that the involvement of the FBI was unwarranted. Heavy media attention forced the White House to reinstate most of the employees in other jobs and remove the Clinton associates from the travel role.
Further investigations by the FBI and the
Department of Justice, the White House itself, the
General Accounting Office, the
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and the
Whitewater Independent Counsel all took place over the subsequent years. Travel Office Director Billy Dale was charged with
embezzlement but found not guilty in 1995. In 1998, Independent Counsel
Kenneth Starr exonerated Bill Clinton of any involvement in the matter.
Hillary Clinton gradually came under scrutiny for allegedly having played a central role in the firings and making false statements about her role in it. In 2000, Independent Counsel
Robert Ray issued his final report on Travelgate. He sought no charges against her, saying that she had made factually false statements but there was insufficient evidence her statements were either knowingly false or that she understood that her statements led to the firings.
Yes... Compared to some of her other lies, these are real easy to overlook.