Got this from Lucianne. The rest is on the NYT site and you need to subscribe. I just won't do it, general principles, even though I'm subscribed to other papers.

G.O.P. Inquiry Lists Gifts to Clintons in White House The New York Times, by RAYMOND HERNANDEZ

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 — Denise Rich, Malcolm S. Forbes, Nelson Mandela and other friends and supporters of the Clintons showered the couple with roughly $1 million in previously unreported gifts during the Clinton presidency, according to documents released by Republican Congressional investigators. The gifts vary from tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry, rugs and furnishings to a $90,000 framed handwritten letter by President Harry S. Truman, a $10,000 Mickey Mantle trading card from 1952 and nine rare books, including a six-volume, first-edition set by Winston Churchill, according to the documents. The gifts were not disclosed by the Clintons because the couple turned them over to Bill Clinton's presidential library, the investigators said....

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2002

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PREZ BILL KEPT DOZENS OF FOREIGN GIFTS SECRET By VINCENT MORRIS NYPost

October 10, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton was showered with pricey gifts while he was in office from the leaders of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, but he didn't disclose them because they were earmarked for his presidential library in Arkansas, a new report yesterday revealed.

The lavish gifts included a $75,000 gold sword and clock, $45,000 diamond- and emerald-encrusted cufflinks and a watch, paintings and gold bracelets worth $31,540.

Clinton also got a $90,000 Harry Truman-signed letter from Malcolm Forbes, a $50,000 photograph owned by Vietnam War Memorial designer Maya Lin, and a $9,000 old Navajo blanket from Larry Rockefeller.

The details on gifts are included in a report issued yesterday by Rep. Doug Ose (R-Calif.), who investigated the Clinton gift scandal that surrounded his White House departure last year.

Ose tried, but failed, to convince Congress to overhaul presidential gift rules.

The dozens of library gifts cited in the report totaled nearly $1 million in value. There also were many library gifts that were not outlined in the report.

The congressional investigation includes hundreds of records about gifts presented to the Clinton family during their eight years in the White House, including the final year in office when they received a coordinated series of furniture and home furnishings from well-wishers.

-- Anonymous, October 10, 2002

Just goes to show you that some stupid people have money and are in positions of power around the world.

-- Anonymous, October 10, 2002