Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

[Jackson]

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

Tonight, during the Catholic Diocese Al Smith Dinner, Trump brought up the fact that Hillary was kicked off the Watergate Investigation. Is this true?

Pat Carter Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton was criticized for her conduct during the Watergate investigation.


An email says that Hillary Clinton — then Hillary Rodham — was fired for lying and being unethical when she was a 27-year-old working on the Watergate investigation. Is this true?

The viral email is mainly derived from a column published on March 31, 2008, by Dan Calabrese, founder of North Star Writers Group, according to fact-finder TruthOrFiction.com. North Star was a newspaper syndicate that provided services until early 2012.

Calabrese’s information came from Democrat Jerry Zeifman, a counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Clinton on the Watergate investigation. Zeifman’s 2006 book, “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power,” states that she “… engaged in a variety of self-serving unethical practices in violation of House rules.”

On his now-shuttered website, Zeifman said, “Hillary Clinton is ethically unfit to be either a senator or president — and if she were to become president, the last vestiges of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”

Specifically, Zeifman contends that Rodham and others wanted Richard Nixon to remain in office to bolster the chances of Sen. Ted Kennedy or another Democrat being elected president.

Zeifman said that in 1974 a young lawyer who shared an office with Clinton came to him to apologize that he and Clinton had lied to him. The lawyer, John Labovitz, is quoted as saying that he was dismayed with “… her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel — as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon.”

Zeifman charges that Rodham regularly consulted with Ted Kennedy’s chief political strategist, a violation of House rules.

Hillary Rodham’s conduct, according to Zeifman, also was the result of not wanting Nixon to face an impeachment trial because Democrats worried that Nixon might bring up abuses of office by President John Kennedy.

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

So, it seems that Hillary started with the corruption early in life. No wonder she's so good at it.

 

[rdean]

It's not true. She was there until Nixon resigned. Republicans have been repeating that same lie for the last 30 years.

Republicans have used the power of the press, the full resources of the FBI and the CIA and unlimited taxpayer money going after the entire Clinton Family. And lost every time.

 

[rdean]

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

Tonight, during the Catholic Diocese Al Smith Dinner, Trump brought up the fact that Hillary was kicked off the Watergate Investigation. Is this true?

Pat Carter Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton was criticized for her conduct during the Watergate investigation.


An email says that Hillary Clinton — then Hillary Rodham — was fired for lying and being unethical when she was a 27-year-old working on the Watergate investigation. Is this true?

The viral email is mainly derived from a column published on March 31, 2008, by Dan Calabrese, founder of North Star Writers Group, according to fact-finder TruthOrFiction.com. North Star was a newspaper syndicate that provided services until early 2012.

Calabrese’s information came from Democrat Jerry Zeifman, a counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Clinton on the Watergate investigation. Zeifman’s 2006 book, “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power,” states that she “… engaged in a variety of self-serving unethical practices in violation of House rules.”

On his now-shuttered website, Zeifman said, “Hillary Clinton is ethically unfit to be either a senator or president — and if she were to become president, the last vestiges of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”

Specifically, Zeifman contends that Rodham and others wanted Richard Nixon to remain in office to bolster the chances of Sen. Ted Kennedy or another Democrat being elected president.

Zeifman said that in 1974 a young lawyer who shared an office with Clinton came to him to apologize that he and Clinton had lied to him. The lawyer, John Labovitz, is quoted as saying that he was dismayed with “… her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel — as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon.”

Zeifman charges that Rodham regularly consulted with Ted Kennedy’s chief political strategist, a violation of House rules.

Hillary Rodham’s conduct, according to Zeifman, also was the result of not wanting Nixon to face an impeachment trial because Democrats worried that Nixon might bring up abuses of office by President John Kennedy.

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

So, it seems that Hillary started with the corruption early in life. No wonder she's so good at it.

The problem is that Hillary Clinton remained on the Watergate Committee until Richard Nixon resigned and the Committee was shut down. Hillary Clinton did not work directly for Jerry Zeifman, and so he had no authority to fire her. There is no evidence she was fired, so this story is false.

Fact or Fiction: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation? | Urban Myths

You idiot moron, read your damn link. No where does it say Hillary was fired. Don't be a tard. It's not attractive.

 

[Jackson]

It's not true. She was there until Nixon resigned. Republicans have been repeating that same lie for the last 30 years.

Republicans have used the power of the press, the full resources of the FBI and the CIA and unlimited taxpayer money going after the entire Clinton Family. And lost every time.

Write Fact Check and tell them they are wrong and you are right.

 

[BULLDOG]

It's not true. She was there until Nixon resigned. Republicans have been repeating that same lie for the last 30 years.

Republicans have used the power of the press, the full resources of the FBI and the CIA and unlimited taxpayer money going after the entire Clinton Family. And lost every time.

Write Fact Check and tell them they are wrong and you are right.

Your own link said they didn't know what happened.

there is nothing to out-and-out confirm Zeifman’s rendition. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t be true, but it makes it difficult to arrive at the truth.

Why don't you check a real fact checking site instead of one that takes Rush Limbaugh's word for it?

 

[Care4all]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

 

[Sundance508]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

 

[PoliticalChic]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

"Lies and unethical behavior"......resume enhancement for Democrats.

 

[Syriusly]

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

Tonight, during the Catholic Diocese Al Smith Dinner, Trump brought up the fact that Hillary was kicked off the Watergate Investigation. Is this true?

Pat Carter Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton was criticized for her conduct during the Watergate investigation.


An email says that Hillary Clinton — then Hillary Rodham — was fired for lying and being unethical when she was a 27-year-old working on the Watergate investigation. Is this true?

The viral email is mainly derived from a column published on March 31, 2008, by Dan Calabrese, founder of North Star Writers Group, according to fact-finder TruthOrFiction.com. North Star was a newspaper syndicate that provided services until early 2012.

Calabrese’s information came from Democrat Jerry Zeifman, a counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Clinton on the Watergate investigation. Zeifman’s 2006 book, “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power,” states that she “… engaged in a variety of self-serving unethical practices in violation of House rules.”

On his now-shuttered website, Zeifman said, “Hillary Clinton is ethically unfit to be either a senator or president — and if she were to become president, the last vestiges of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”

Specifically, Zeifman contends that Rodham and others wanted Richard Nixon to remain in office to bolster the chances of Sen. Ted Kennedy or another Democrat being elected president.

Zeifman said that in 1974 a young lawyer who shared an office with Clinton came to him to apologize that he and Clinton had lied to him. The lawyer, John Labovitz, is quoted as saying that he was dismayed with “… her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel — as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon.”

Zeifman charges that Rodham regularly consulted with Ted Kennedy’s chief political strategist, a violation of House rules.

Hillary Rodham’s conduct, according to Zeifman, also was the result of not wanting Nixon to face an impeachment trial because Democrats worried that Nixon might bring up abuses of office by President John Kennedy.

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

So, it seems that Hillary started with the corruption early in life. No wonder she's so good at it.

It seems you don't want people to read the conclusion of your own citation.

So what are we to make of all this? Calabrese’s interview with Zeifman has been published around the Internet and repeated by pundits such as Rush Limbaugh and Neil Boortz. But there is nothing to out-and-out confirm Zeifman’s rendition. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t be true, but it makes it difficult to arrive at the truth.

 

[Syriusly]

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

Tonight, during the Catholic Diocese Al Smith Dinner, Trump brought up the fact that Hillary was kicked off the Watergate Investigation. Is this true?

Pat Carter Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton was criticized for her conduct during the Watergate investigation.


An email says that Hillary Clinton — then Hillary Rodham — was fired for lying and being unethical when she was a 27-year-old working on the Watergate investigation. Is this true?

The viral email is mainly derived from a column published on March 31, 2008, by Dan Calabrese, founder of North Star Writers Group, according to fact-finder TruthOrFiction.com. North Star was a newspaper syndicate that provided services until early 2012.

Calabrese’s information came from Democrat Jerry Zeifman, a counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Clinton on the Watergate investigation. Zeifman’s 2006 book, “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power,” states that she “… engaged in a variety of self-serving unethical practices in violation of House rules.”

On his now-shuttered website, Zeifman said, “Hillary Clinton is ethically unfit to be either a senator or president — and if she were to become president, the last vestiges of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”

Specifically, Zeifman contends that Rodham and others wanted Richard Nixon to remain in office to bolster the chances of Sen. Ted Kennedy or another Democrat being elected president.

Zeifman said that in 1974 a young lawyer who shared an office with Clinton came to him to apologize that he and Clinton had lied to him. The lawyer, John Labovitz, is quoted as saying that he was dismayed with “… her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel — as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon.”

Zeifman charges that Rodham regularly consulted with Ted Kennedy’s chief political strategist, a violation of House rules.

Hillary Rodham’s conduct, according to Zeifman, also was the result of not wanting Nixon to face an impeachment trial because Democrats worried that Nixon might bring up abuses of office by President John Kennedy.

Fact Check: Was Hillary Clinton fired from Watergate investigation?

So, it seems that Hillary started with the corruption early in life. No wonder she's so good at it.

So it seems that Trumpsters are as dishonest as Donald
FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation
A pair of articles published during Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency in 2008, one by Northstar Writers Group founder Dan Calabrese and one by Jerry Zeifman himself, asserted that Zeifman was Hillary's supervisor during the Watergate investigation and that he eventually fired her from the investigation for "unethical, dishonest" conduct. However, whatever Zeifman may have thought of Hillary and her work during the investigation, he was not her supervisor, neither he nor anyone else fired her from her position on the Impeachment Inquiry staff (Zeifman in fact didn't have the power to fire her, even had he wanted to do so), his description of her conduct as "unethical" and "dishonest" is his personal, highly subjective characterization, and the "facts" on which he based that characterization were ones that he contradicted himself about on multiple occasions.

Why Trumpsters think spreading old lies will help Trump.....oh wait.......they are just following Donald's lead

 

[Syriusly]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

false

But thanks for lying to us again.

 

[edthecynic]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Zeifman himself admits in a 1998 Scripps Howard News Service article that he did not have the authority to fire Clinton.

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/zeifman-20080404.pdf

"If I had the power to fire her, I would have fired her,"

 

[edthecynic]

"Lies and unethical behavior"......resume enhancement for Democrats.

And religion for Republicans.

 

[PoliticalChic]

"Lies and unethical behavior"......resume enhancement for Democrats.

And religion for Republicans.

If only.


And, along those lines.....some friendly advice for you:
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Proverbs 12:22

 

[JimBowie1958]

Zeifman himself admits in a 1998 Scripps Howard News Service article that he did not have the authority to fire Clinton.

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/zeifman-20080404.pdf

"If I had the power to fire her, I would have fired her,"

So instead he leaned on the person who could fire her and she was quietly left out of the group of actual participating legal minds.

 

[Care4all]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

no she wasn't fired, the guy who said so 35 years after the fact, had stated closer to the event she was not fired but worked on the commission until it was ended, due to Nixon resigning, and then Hillary moved to Arkansas and in with Bill Clinton, and he also said in previous writings that he was not her boss and could not fire her....

PAY ATTENTION!

IT'S A LIE that she was fired! You've been duped!

READ THE LINK

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

 

[Syriusly]

Zeifman himself admits in a 1998 Scripps Howard News Service article that he did not have the authority to fire Clinton.

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/zeifman-20080404.pdf

"If I had the power to fire her, I would have fired her,"

So instead he leaned on the person who could fire her and she was quietly left out of the group of actual participating legal minds.

Typical Trumpster- when the facts don't work for you- just lie about the facts.

Jimmie- just taking a moment to pull his head from Trump's ass to lie.

 

[Syriusly]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Hillary was fired!

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

Hillary Fired for Lies, Unethical Behavior from Congressional Job: Former Boss

no she wasn't fired, the guy who said so 35 years after the fact, had stated closer to the event she was not fired but worked on the commission until it was ended, due to Nixon resigning, and then Hillary moved to Arkansas and in with Bill Clinton, and he also said in previous writings that he was not her boss and could not fire her....

PAY ATTENTION!

IT'S A LIE that she was fired! You've been duped!

READ THE LINK

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

Jimmie is just copying Trump- lies are better for Trump than facts.

 

[Claudette]

she wasn't fired, that's a right wing regurgitated lie...

this article by snopes goes in depth...

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

I agree. I just read it and according to snopes she wasn't fired and Zeifman didn't have the authority to fire her even if he attempted to do so.

She was a 26 year old graduate law student who didn't matter two shits to that investigation.

 

[edthecynic]

Zeifman himself admits in a 1998 Scripps Howard News Service article that he did not have the authority to fire Clinton.

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/zeifman-20080404.pdf

"If I had the power to fire her, I would have fired her,"

So instead he leaned on the person who could fire her and she was quietly left out of the group of actual participating legal minds.

Notice how as each lie of the Right is exposed they simply create a new lie!!!! Zeifman in his 1995 book stated that Hillary had remained with the inquiry staff up until the end, leaving only when President Nixon's August 1974 resignation made the issue of impeachment moot and the Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry staff was therefore disbanded.