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Article: White House gave Congress false data on DNC helpers.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 2, 1997
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The White House used volunteers paid by the Democratic National Committee as early as 1994, even though an administration official denied their existence in testimony before Congress that year.
What's more, the White House found out in 1995 that the official - longtime Clinton ally Patsy Thomasson - had given inaccurate testimony but did not correct the matter until last week, according to administration officials.
Miss Thomasson, then director of White House administration, testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee in March 1994 that the White House had no DNC-paid workers: "There are not people working at the White House as volunteers who ...