Scofflaw.(Janet Reno's failure to name independent counsel to investigate campaign finance tactics of Bill Clinton and Al Gore)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

From: National Review | Date: December 22, 1997 | Copyright information

FIRST Janet Reno became the only attorney general to endorse the independent-counsel statute. Now she is the first one blatantly to disregard its provisions. In a decision everyone has seen coming for weeks, Miss Reno has announced she will not ask for an independent counsel to investigate fundraising calls by President Clinton and Vice President Gore. Politically, the calls are a minor matter -- no one is going to impeach the President because he called donors from the White House -...

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