Judge blocks Clinton deposition over FBI files
WASHINGTON (AP) - April 2, 2008 The court ruling spares Clinton a politically sensitive
deposition at a time when she is fighting to overtake Barack Obama
in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The lawsuit is over the Clinton White House's acquisition of
hundreds of FBI files on Republican appointees to White House jobs
in previous administrations. The conservative group Judicial Watch
accused the former first lady of masterminding a conspiracy and has
been trying to question her for years.
Had Clinton been forced to testify, it would have rekindled the
controversy. An Independent Counsel report in 2000 found no
evidence of wrongdoing.
