excerpts of President Clinton's videotaped remarks to donors at a DNC luncheon at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington, DC on December 7, 1995:

"I cannot overstate to you the impact that these paid ads have had in the areas where they run. ...And in the areas where we have shown these ads we are basically doing 10 to 15 points better than in the areas where weare not showing them...

My original strategy had been to raise all the money for my campaign this year, so I could spend all my money next year on being president, running for president and raising money for the House and Senate committee and the Democratic Party.

And then we realized we could run these ads through the Democratic Party, which meant that we could raise money in 20,000 and 50,000 and $100,000 wads. So we didn't have to do it all in $1,000 and run down what I can spend which is limited by law so that is what we've done."

These statements plainly indicate that the TV ad campaign was a sham - an intentional scheme by the Clinton campaign to 'run these ads' (referring to his campaign ads) 'through the Democratic Party' in order to raise and spend money to influence the presidential election in amounts prohibited by federal law, and that, as the President acknowledged, had precisely that effect.