I recommend everyone get caught up on "Filegate" The Clintons have been abusing the FBI background checks on their political opponents since 1993. The Clintons had a patsy to take the heat for possessing these files. But the digital era has allowed the Clintons to become even more ambitious in their spying. Perkins Coie is playing the Craig Livingston role as a shield and launderer of FBI background checks and surveillance on Clintons/DNC political opponents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_FBI_files_controversy

"The White House FBI files controversy of the Clinton Administration, often referred to as Filegate,[1] arose in June 1996 around improper access in 1993 and 1994 to FBI security-clearance documents. Craig Livingstone, director of the White House's Office of Personnel Security, improperly requested, and received from the FBI, background reports concerning several hundred individuals without asking permission. The revelations provoked a strong political and press reaction because many of the files covered White House employees from previous Republican administrations, including top presidential advisors. Under criticism, Livingstone resigned from his position. Allegations were made that senior White House figures, including First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, may have requested and read the files for political purposes, and that the First Lady had authorized the hiring of the under-qualified Livingstone. "