Mitchell was also Senate Majority leader until 95 when the GOP took control.  That may have been before th  1f56  e Epstein era but he was still a powerful person with connections and it would make sense they would want to dirty him up, if he wasn't already. And Richardson was "U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. "