His family hired Employment his Member of Parliament , John Diefenbaker , as defence counsel .

the matter was investigated Criminal_investigation by the house government reform and oversight committee , the senate judiciary committee , and the whitewater independent counsel .

in 2000 , independent counsel robert ray issued Statement his final report on filegate , stating that there was no credible evidence of any criminal activity by any individual in the matter and no credible evidence that senior white house figures or the first lady had requested the files or had acted improperly or testified improperly regarding livingstone 's hiring .

were part and for which they engaged eminent counsel to defend Defending their members .