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...aides to the Office of Professional Responsibility for not letting Lewinsky talk to her lawyer right away on the day she was caught in an FBI sting at the Ritz Carlton and was pressed to cooperate in exchange for immunity. That same day, Attorney General Janet Reno announced an investigation would be launched into the Hale payoffs. Said a White House staff member, bending if not breaking the no-gloat rule: "I don't know much, but I know that all makes...
...Arkansas woman who says that after Hale became a Whitewater witness, he began receiving cash payments from men who were connected with Richard Mellon Scaife, the rabidly anti-Clinton billionaire, and with the American Spectator, the gleefully anti-Clinton magazine that Scaife has supported. Last week Attorney General Janet Reno said the charges about payments to Hale "must be pursued...
...alleged payments to Hale, Reno wants to examine those, but she still hasn't decided how. She could refer the matter to Starr. But that means he would be investigating both his chief witness, Hale, and his own likely future benefactor, Scaife, who is partially funding two Pepperdine University deanships that Starr is supposed to settle into after Whitewater. If Justice handles the investigation, Reno could appear to be trying to undercut Starr's probe of her boss, the President. She may opt instead to ask a federal judge to direct a probe into the crucial question: If Hale...
Drip, drip, drip. JANET RENO's plumbers are back on the job, mounting yet another investigation of leaks to reporters. It's a subject that seems to have a particular fascination for her, though such probes rarely yield anything conclusive. The impetus this time is a Feb. 27 Wall Street Journal item saying Department of Justice prosecutors had recommended indicting former Republican National Committee chairman HALEY BARBOUR in connection with his solicitation of funds from an overseas businessman. The spate of probes to track down loose lips in the halls of Justice--including one to find the source...
...outrage felt across the nation. Thirteen-year-old Mitchell Johnson, if found guilty, can only serve a maximum of five years for the five counts of capital murder with which he is charged. U.S. Attorney Paula Casey is already exploring the possibility of federal charges. Her boss, Janet Reno, has labeled the case a ?priority...