craig livingstone , director of the white house 's office of personnel security , improperly requested Request , and received Receiving from the fbi , background reports concerning several hundred individuals without asking permission .

allegations were made that senior white house figures , including first lady hillary rodham clinton , may have requested Request and read the files for political purposes , and that the first lady had authorized the hiring of the underqualified livingstone .

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 .