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December 29, 2000
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CLINTON PLANS TO STAY AT WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX DURING BUSH
PRESIDENCY

Judicial Watch Sources: Clinton To Use White House Complex
Townhouse After He Leaves Presidency - Set to Use Jackson Place
Townhouse Teddy Roosevelt Used

Seeks to Improperly Use White House Resources to Fund

Post-Presidency Operation

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch has learned through sources that
Bill Clinton is seeking improperly to use White House funds to
help pay to set up office space in government townhouses across
the street from the White House. Clinton plans, according to
sources, to use the space for his post- presidency offices. The
space, part of the White House complex, is in a Jackson Place
townhouse once used by Teddy Roosevelt after he left the
presidency. Normally, such offices are for the use of the
current administration, and not for the use of a past
administration. In other words, according to Judicial Watch's
sources, Clinton is trying to ensconce himself in White House
complex offices that normally would be used by the incoming Bush
Administration.

According to these sources, Clinton is trying to use White House
funds, rather than lawful funds designated for his
post-presidency, to pay for key aspects of his White House
complex offices. (Normally, an ex- president uses private office
space after he leaves the White House.)

Judicial Watch's sources on this story are well-placed and have
proved reliable in the past.

"In essence, Bill Clinton has no intention of leaving the White
House after his term ends. He seems intent to set up a shadow
presidency within the White House complex itself. His improper
plan to use White House resources to further his scheme is
outright theft of government property. Even in the waning days of
his regime, Clinton's lawlessness continues," stated Judicial
Watch President Tom Fitton.