Friday, November 18, 2011

Where can I find an inventory of the items that the Clinton's took when leaving the WH?

I have heard so many rumors about what the Clintons did and did not take. I have the GAO report regarding the offices but where can I find a list of the gifts that they took with them (ie, a chandelier, china, etc).





Please keep partisan comments out of this. I just want the official details.|||Hi,





truthorfiction website has info you are looking for. To quote some parts:





The final, official report from the Government Accounting Office was released on June 11, 2002. The 220 page document says there was damage, although not as much as some of the early reports had suggested. The GAO says the damage included 62 missing computer keyboards, 26 cell phones, two cameras, ten antique doorknobs and several presidential medallions and office signs. The damage estimate was about $20,000. Clinton critics say the report proves that the departing Clinton staff members acted recklessly and disrespectfully. Clinton supporters say the report shows that the allegations of vandalism were exaggerated and that there were similar incidents when Clinton took over the White House from the staff of George Bush.





The GAO report concludes that even though damage was verified and that some of it appeared to have been intentional, there was not clear evidence of who was responsible for it.





This has been a subject of contention since President Bush took office. There were reports of vandalism, graffiti, and obscene messages in White House offices by outgoing Clinton staffers. Bush downplayed the reports saying he wanted to move on with the presidency. Clinton supporters, however, charged that the story was not true and that the Bush forces had made up the story to make Bush's staff look better than Clinton's. Former President Clinton offered to pay for any damage and his supporters called for an investigation.





May 18, 2001 the General Accounting Office issued a three-page letter that said that it was unable confirm the damage largely to a lack of records from the White House. The letter also said that the condition of the White House offices was "...consistent with what we would expect to encounter when tenants vacate office space after an extended occupancy."





You can find the summary of the saga from the website itself. To sum, I think some stuff were missing but it seems to be mostly pranks and not really something that could be characterized as "vandalism" or such.





EDIT IN RESPONSE


Hi,





Gifts received by the first couple in their official capacity are considered the property of the federal government. They would be violating federal law if they took any gift. I sincerely doubt if a couple as politically ambitious as the Clintons would intentionally take such gifts. it is illegal and would have given cheap ammunition to their political enemies.|||Who cares..Clinton isn't in office and it was almost a decade ago. "Those who live in the past, die in the present" Get over it|||I heard he took Monicas vibrator she left in the bathroom.|||Try the GOP home page





BTW


Is it supposed to justify your hate for Obama?

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