INDEPENDENT COUNSELS COST MILLIONS MONTHLY INVESTIGATION OF CLINTONS, CABINET RUN UP EXPENSES.(News/National/International)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: April 3, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- It's been costing the government more than $1 million a month to investigate the Clintons and three cabinet officers, government auditors say.

In a six-month span ending last Sept. 30, the General Accounting Office reported, independent counsels spent more than $7 million.

And as of Sept. 30, independent counsels already had spent more than $17 million in four investigations, among them the Whitewater probe of...

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