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WASHINGTON: Lobbyist Peter Knight knows that sometimes the best way to get a politician's attention is by waving a checkbook. As Al Gore's money man, in 1996 he set the record for a one-night fund-raiser: $12.5 million...
...business clients were among the party's most generous benefactors. And it was Knight who wrote up many of the "call sheets" prepared for the Vice President's dialing-for-dollars sessions currently under investigation by the Justice Department...
...that homosexuals can't change," said Johnston, who is now married and chairs the national event. He said he renounced his homosexuality in 1988 when he realized that his "relationship with Christ was more important than anything in the world." Members of the audience snickered when Robert H. Knight, director of cultural studies for the Family Research Council, said he once had a friend who was alcoholic and "also dabbling in homosexuality...
...Knight declined to be interviewed for this article but issued a statement. "Even in this intensely political environment," Knight said, "I am confident that any fair-minded and objective examination of my work will demonstrate that I have always acted in accordance with the highest ethical standards." Knight also said he had "never talked to the Vice President about any federal contract on behalf of any client" and that he never "helped arrange a government contract or grant in exchange for political contributions...
...Vice President's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory. The letter arrived on desks all around Washington amid stories about the Democratic Party's intense scouring for cash in the 1996 campaign; it struck even hardened Washingtonians as audacious. The signature on the letter? Peter Knight...