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Lantos and other committee members responded today to Pierce's charge that he had been "prejudged" by the panel.
Lantos said the panel has not prejudged Pierce's potential criminal culpability but had reached a judgment about his tenure as secretary of HUD for eight years.
Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-Conn.) called for a grand jury investigation of the top-level HUD activities during Pierce's administration. He said the Justice Department should "view this not just as a case of mismanagement and mistaken judgment at the highest levels of HUD, but an instance in which...
Despite congressional protests that he was throwing up roadblocks in their investigation, Pierce read a brief statement saying he had not had time to prepare, did not have the HUD documents he needed and would invoke his constitutional right not to testify.
"The subcommittee's desire to rush me through this process, together with various statements made by members...leads me to the painful conclusion that I have been prejudged by this body," Pierce said.