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...years and in a number of situations, Mr. Gingrich showed disregard and lack of respect for the standards of conduct that applied to his activities." The report of the ethics committee adopted by the House today specifically cited Gingrich's failure to get proper legal advice before using tax-exempt funds for political purposes, and for providing inaccurate information in response to a direct request from the committee. The two-year investigation was marked by fierce partisanship in the House as a whole, as well as a quiet bipartisan effort in the subcommittee as it evaluated thousands of pages...
...scores of ethical charges hurled at Gingrich over the past two years, one worried his allies the most. It was the suggestion that he may have lied to the House ethics committee about the college course he taught and financed through a tax-exempt foundation. Gingrich initially professed not to know what the committee was hinting at when it questioned whether the Speaker had provided "accurate, reliable and complete information." And in an interview with TIME shortly before the election, he noted, "My attorney, who by the way has won three Supreme Court cases, does not have a clue what...
...ideas, not his politics, Gingrich once boasted that his course, a lecture series carried on cable TV, would produce "200,000 committed activists nationwide before we're through.") Still, the subcommittee last week stopped short of saying the Speaker had broken tax laws by allowing politics to become tangled with the work of a tax-exempt nonprofit group. Instead, it faulted Gingrich for not taking "appropriate steps" to assure that he was complying with the law. Now it is up to the full committee--and perhaps ultimately the entire House--to determine what penalties, if any, he should suffer...
...Chinese Daily News reported that Vice President Al Gore attended an April luncheon and fund raiser at a Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights, California, an event that offered the unusual (and highly improper) spectacle of a tax-exempt religious institution appearing to endorse a political party. After the lunch, a group of Asian businessmen reportedly donated $140,000 to the D.N.C. Several contributions were given in the names of monks and nuns, despite their vow of poverty. The setup was apparently designed to ensure that the foreign donors' names would not appear on D.N.C. lists. A woman named...
...after, the full 10-member committee seconded the decision. Of the four new charges they decided to pursue, the most serious one asks whether the Speaker gave investigators "accurate, reliable and complete information"--meaning, did he lie to them?--about the tangled links between his videotaped college course, the tax-exempt foundation that developed it, and GOPAC, his political operation. The questions boil down to whether he used tax-exempt donations to support a political undertaking. Although Gingrich insists the charges are groundless, the action guaranteed that the case will dog him beyond the election, whether or not he returns...