5. Carter ran his campaign from an
abandoned train station in his
hometown of Plains, GA.
6. These events were not necessarily “unethical”
Simply resulted from post-Watergate environment
How do these theories of scandal apply in this era?
Emile Durkheim’sTheory
PsychiatricTheory
RIPTheory
Brendan Nyhan’sTheory
Thompson’s SocialTheory
7.
8. JIMMY AND BILLY CARTER “BILLY BEER”
Upon assuming the presidency, Carter transferred land
into a trust so Billy wouldn’t manage it.
Billy had problems with excessive drinking.
10. Justice Department required Billy to register as foreign agent
Required by federal law, but he refused to do so
After receiving $200,000 from Libyan government,
DOJ begins formal investigation into Billy’s dealings
11. Hostages were held for 444 days
and only released during Reagan’s inauguration.
Relationship between Billy and Libyans used by Carter administration
to try and broker agreement to get hostages released,
but this did not materialize.
12. While the GOP tried to use “Billygate” to negatively
impact Carter’s 1980 re-election, it is more likely that
significant economic issues were decisive for voters.
13.
14. Bert Lance and Jimmy Carter Lance resigned in 1977.
He was later indicted on 12
counts of financial dishonesty.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19. Handles travel arrangements forWhite House press corps.
Staffers serve at the pleasure of the president
Billy Ray Dale had been Director ofTravel Office since 1982
Dale did not conduct competitive bidding for travel services,
but used one company exclusively.
Clinton administration hears reports of irregularities in the
Travel Office involving possible kickbacks.
20. Republicans’ view of events
FBI Investigation
Independent audit
Travelgate became first major
ethics scandal of Clinton
administration
White House Chief of Staff
Mack McLarty
21. No illegal actions had occurred, and no one would be fired.
Report contained initial indications of Hillary Clinton’s
involvement in the firings.
Then-Senate Majority
Leader Bob Dole (R-KS)
called for an
independent investigation
intoTravelgate.
22.
23. Hillary Clinton is a motivating force behind the firings.
Resulted in Starr expanding his inquiry intoTravelgate.
Bill Clinton initially refused to turn over documents related to
the matter—citing executive privilege—but eventually did.
Starr eventually exonerated Bill Clinton from wrongdoing, but
his wife’s fate was left to his successor.
24. No criminal charges would be
filed against Hillary Clinton
One journalist compared her
statements duringTravelgate to
those of Richard Nixon
Hillary Clinton
as an attorney
for the House
Judiciary
Committee
during
Watergate.
27. Clinton: “Appears to have been an honest bureaucratic snafu…”
Clinton Administration vs. RepublicanViews
Then-Attorney General
Janet Reno directed the FBI
to launch an investigation
into Filegate.
Independent
Counsel Ken
Starr eventually
took over the
Filegate matter.
29. What exactly was the Office of Personnel Security?
Was Livingstone actually qualified to lead this office?
Who had authorized hiring Livingstone in the first place?
30. Starr eventually exonerated both Bill and Hillary Clinton of
any charges relating to Filegate.
Robert Ray, Starr’s successor, issued the Independent
Counsel’s final report, determining there was no credible
evidence to bring charges against anyone in theWhite House.
31.
32. President has sole authority to
accept or deny pardon petitions
Many pardons controversial
Presidents may grant pardon at
any time while in office
A pardon can be rejected, and
acceptance carries an admission
of guilt
33.
34. FALN is a violent Puerto Rican
terrorist group; Clinton commuted
the sentences of 10 members.
On his final day in office,
Clinton pardoned
his half-brother Roger,
Susan McDougal,
and financier Marc Rich.
39. Strategy: Identify and eliminate entire arms trafficking
networks rather than low-level buyers.
Targeting high-level individuals required monitoring
suspicious firearms purchases while case built against them.
Different from long-standingATF policy which required
suspected illegal arms shipments to be immediately
intercepted.
40.
41. Dealers became concerned over time
Same individuals repeatedly bought identical weapons
“Gunwalking” tactic led to controversy
Standard practice was to follow purchasers to meeting with buyers,
then arrest both parties and guns
ATF Agents vs. Federal Prosecutors
42. 2,000 firearms bought during “Fast and Furious”
As of October 2011, 665 guns recovered in US and Mexico
▪ Rest remained on the streets
44. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER
VARIOUS REPORTS ON
“ FAST AND FURIOUS”
Democratic Report
Republican Report
Justice Department Report
45. “Regardless of whether this was or was
not the intent or the design of Fast and
Furious, the thinking that you can let
guns walk across the border and
maintain operational control of those
weapons is really an outstanding lack of
understanding of how these criminal
organizations are operating on both sides
of our common borders.”
Arturo Sarukhan
Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.
49. Referenced “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” or “occupy” in case file.
Deals with government spending or government debt.
Criticized how the country was being run.
Advocated education about Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Focused on challengingAffordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).
50. Conservative and liberal groups were treated differently.
Some flagged organizations were required to provide further
documentation.
If did not provide information, they would not be certified
52. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
76% of registered voters—including
63% of Democrats—favored the
appointment of a special prosecutor
NBC NEWS / WALL STREET JOURNAL
55% of respondents believed that the
scandal raises questions about Obama’s
administration honesty and integrity.
33% blamed Obama directly for actions
underlying scandal
Only 10% of respondents expressed
confidence in IRS
53.
54. Disclosed thousands of classified
documents to several media outlets
Charged with espionage by DOJ; passport
revoked by State Dept.
Existence of global surveillance programs
Called a hero, whistleblower, a traitor,
and a patriot
Fueled debates over mass surveillance,
government secrecy, and balance
between national security and
information privacy
