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...McCurry was flip in the Huang affair and Gore implacable, the D.N.C. was intricately unhelpful. Last week a federal district judge in Washington, Royce Lamberth, approved a subpoena calling for Huang to appear in court in connection with a lawsuit filed by a conservative group, Judicial Watch, Inc., which suspects that the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown used foreign trade missions to collect money for the Democrats. Attorneys for the group want to question Huang about his old job as a trade official in the Commerce Department, which he left in December. Huang's attorney, who called the suit...
...week top figures of the D.N.C. insisted they had no idea where Huang was. "We contact him through his attorney," said committee spokeswoman Amy Weiss-Tobe. An exasperated Judge Lamberth finally issued a court order demanding that Huang show up at the office this week to receive the subpoena. Huang promised to comply. Advice to the Clinton campaign: a very big speed bump ahead, though the impact may not be felt until the second term...
Three times the jury deliberating the Iran-contra perjury trial of former CIA spy chief Clair George trooped into the courtroom to report an impasse, and three times Judge Royce Lamberth sent them back out to keep trying. Finally, after almost six days of fruitless deliberation, foreman Steven Kirk said his panel was totally deadlocked on all nine counts -- from perjury to giving false statements to Congress. "As a citizen," said Kirk, a Washington consultant, "I expect senior government officials like Clair George to be more forthcoming to Congress. As a juror, I felt compelled to give him the benefit...
Citing jurors' reports that a majority favored acquittal on all counts, defense attorney Richard Hibey said he would urge independent counsel Lawrence Walsh to drop the case. Walsh is reportedly determined to proceed. Judge Lamberth ordered a retrial to begin...
Could the Bush Administration's savings and loan bailout get any messier? Yes, in ways never imagined. In a surprise court victory last week, the ailing Olympic Federal Savings of Berwyn, Ill., convinced federal Judge Royce Lamberth that the Government's Office of Thrift Supervision currently has no power to seize the S&L. Reason: acting OTS director Salvatore Martoche and his predecessor, M. Danny Wall, were never constitutionally appointed to their posts...