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Attorney General Janet Reno asked for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy's alleged cozy dealings with Arkansas' largest poultry processor. The Justice Department has been tryingto determine whether Espy received free travel and gifts from Tyson Foods, Inc., some of whose executives have close ties to Bill Clinton. James Blair, the company's lead attorney, for example, is considered an intimate friend and troubleshooter for the president. Espy, for his part, denies any wrongdoing, including that he's gone easy on poultry firms, and he pledged to cooperate with Reno's investigators.parpar
...expected signature a renewal of the law authorizing an independent counsel to investigate accusations of wrongdoing by top federal officials. The law, which lapsed in 1992 because of Republican opposition, will probably be used to reappoint Whitewater special counsel Robert Fiske, first named by Attorney General Janet Reno. One feature of the measure offers good news for the President, who has been pondering setting up a legal-defense fund to meet his mounting bills: it authorizes reimbursement of some legal fees for those under investigation...
Attorney General Janet Reno is expected to release a report within weeks on Iraqgate that is intended to help clarify just what role, if any, the Reagan and Bush administrations played in allowing Iraq to secure loans and military equipment before the Gulf War. Justice Department sources say that no further indictments in the scandal are expected and that no large conspiracy by Bush Administration officials was found by Justice's task force of lawyers and investigators. Predicts a Justice insider: "Bill Safire will be disappointed...
Attorney General JANET RENO canceled out of a Drug Enforcement Administration memorial service for slain agents that was held last week, angering many in the DEA, who take the event very seriously. In fact, Reno is the first Attorney General in 11 years not to attend or at least send a proxy. Reno's excuse: she had to go to a school event with Clinton. At the FBI, rank and filers have been irked by Reno's fondness for what they regard as silly p.r. events -- one senior executive there was placed on unpaid leave for publicly criticizing...
...pointed to the current Supreme Court racialgerrymandering case [Shaw vs. Reno] in NorthCarolina as defensible, but not the best option toprotect voting rights...