Senate Coalition May Save Independent Counsel Law; Reno Favors Letting Statute Expire; Key Panel Members Wary

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 18, 1999| Author: Dan Morgan | Copyright information

With the independent counsel law due to expire June 30, key members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee expressed uneasiness yesterday about turning over to Attorney General Janet Reno most of the power for investigating cases of misconduct by high government officials.

Unless Congress acts, the Justice Department will automatically assume responsibility for probing cases of high-profile corruption, except when Reno appoints a special counsel of her choosing to look into such ...

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