[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 3, 1994]
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                DECISION UPHELD IN JOHN DEMJANJUK MATTER

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, there still may be some hope for the 
Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Sixth 
Circuit Court in the matter of John Demjanjuk, accused of being Ivan 
the Terrible. They upheld the fact that the Justice Department 
knowingly and willingly withheld key evidence that sentenced this man 
to the hangman's noose, and they did it deliberately, with knowledge, 
full scope, that perpetrated a fraud on the courts. Thank God.
  Ladies and gentlemen, no one has suffered more sharp attacks than I 
have in this case, but let me say this: After reviewing documents and 
after uncovering certain documents, it was evident that Demjanjuk was 
not Ivan the Terrible.
  Let me say this, Congress: When we allow the rights of one American 
to be violated, we allow the rights of all Americans to subsequently be 
endangered. Shame when the word ``Nazi'' can waive the Constitution. No 
one around here supports Nazis. Neither do I. I am tired of the 
accusation. I am proud of the fact that someone at least in this 
Congress intervened. Now it is time for Attorney General Janet Reno to 
do her job and investigate fully this matter. The rights of the 
American people deserve that investigation.

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