by Patrick J. Buchanan – October 16, 1997

In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Purloined Letter,” the document is found where no one thought to look, “full in the view of every visitor,” right before their eyes. As Janet Reno’s agents burrow bravely through the history of the Pendleton Act to see if White House phone solicitations are illegal, the real Clinton scandal is staring them right in the face. In the latest batch of videos released by the White House is one from a May 21, 1996, lunch. In it, Bill Clinton’s explains what all the money contributed by the heavy hitters and high rollers went to buy: