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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Responding to Republican claims that her office could not conduct an independent investigation of the White House "Filegate" incident, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask a special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno...
...Symington's first term, when federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the Governor's real estate-development business. Last fall Symington declared personal bankruptcy. In March a grand jury looking into his personal finances indicted two associates for bid rigging on state contracts. Capping an exhaustive five-year federal probe, that same grand jury has indicted the Governor on 23 counts, including making false statements, wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud and attempted extortion...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Responding to Republican claims that her office could not conduct an independent investigation of the White House "Filegate" incident, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask a special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno...
...acquisition of the Eagle Snacks factories. The department cleared the Eagle deal in April, but its inquiry raised concerns that spurred the new investigation. Nonetheless, Sean Orr, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Frito-Lay, told Time last week that the company had learned of the probe only through news reports. "We have a very strong market position, and they have a right to investigate us or anybody like us anytime they want," Orr said. "We'll be as cooperative...
...advance briefing on the Air Force probe into the crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown was enough for Major General Charles Heflebower. Even before the 6,000-page report was flown to the U.S. last Friday for weekend reading at the Pentagon, Heflebower, who heads the 17th Air Force in Europe, relieved of their commands the three top officers who had jurisdiction over the fatal April 3 flight. They are Brigadier General William Stevens, chief of the 86th Airlift Wing in Ramstein, Germany, and his two top subordinates, Colonels Roger Hansen and John Mazurowski. "There will be other officers...