Vice President Al Gore made more than 80 fund-raising calls from his office at the White House. And Gore got memos outlining this plan. These actions suggest that several laws may have been broken. The White House may have been coordinating the actions of the nonprofit groups in support of Clinton's campaign. Shredding papers related to a possible crime is a crime in itself.
Fund raising on government property is a crime.
So is influence peddling. Since Attorney General Janet Reno has so far refused to hand these matters over to an independent counsel, they've been left to the committee. And now the panel is punting. Campaign finance law probably needs fixing. But that does not excuse what the Clinton- Gore team did.