The publisher is owned by media giant Viacom Inc., which has interests before Congress and federal regulatory agencies. The group began raising questions about the first lady's White House memoir even before a deal was finalized Friday, and their written request Monday that she submit the deal for ethics review comes before she is sworn in as a senator. I'm sure it will be engaging regardless of what's in it. But I hope there's at least some gossip in there. I'll have to see what the critics think.
Presidential autobiographies are always dull.
I despise Bill Clinton and I never want to hear his name again. The letter also was sent to Ethics Committee Chairman Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and ranking Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada. Ethics Committee counsel Victor Baird had no comment on the matter Monday. Landmark Legal Foundation, a conservative group, also sent a letter to the Ethics Committee urging it to examine the deal. The foundation has frequently criticized the Clintons, and it recently lost a battle to persuade the Arkansas Supreme Court's disciplinary arm to investigate Hillary Clinton's role in the Whitewater scandal.