[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          POLITICAL SHOW TRIAL

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, it read like a bad movie, except it's true. 
This is the story of a career government employee, Billy Dale, a man 
now 58 years old who had worked for the last seven Presidents helping 
with travel reservations. But in 1993, the new President and his wife 
decided to fire the veterans in that office and replace them with 
relatives and cronies. Billy Dale was fired and the cronies were hired 
and the Travelgate scandal was born. It became so serious that it was 
at the center of the note found after Vince Foster's death.
  But that was not the end of it for Billy Dale. Apparently, to justify 
the firing the White House had him investigated by the FBI for more 
than 2 years. They poured over every aspect of his life and then 
prosecuted him for supposed embezzlement. From all appearances, Billy 
Dale and his family were caught up in a political show trial. 
Yesterday, it took a jury only 2 hours to find him not guilty. This is 
not supposed to happen in America. But it did.

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