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Ames Professor of Law Philip B. Heymann resigned his post as U.S. Deputy Attorney General on January 27, citing a lack of "chemistry" between him and Attorney General Janet Reno as the cause for his departure...
...questions about their investment in a real estate partnership, Whitewater Development Corp. In the TIME/CNN poll, just 40% of those surveyed said Clinton was a leader they could trust, vs. 56% who agreed they had "doubts and reservations." In response to such concerns, last week Attorney General Janet Reno appointed Robert Fiske, a respected former U.S. Attorney, as special counsel to investigate the case...
...White House finally took a step toward minimizing that problem last week when Janet Reno appointed Fiske as independent counsel. A Wall Street lawyer who was a federal prosecutor in New York City under Presidents Ford and Carter, he once convicted the "untouchable" drug dealer Leroy ("Nicky") Barnes. But he quickly ran into trouble last week with conservatives who raised questions about his payment of $14,000 in back taxes as part of a dispute about the value of 3,500 acres in New York State owned by 25 people, including him, that were donated to a charitable organization. Another...
Attorney General Janet Reno named Wall Street lawyer Robert Fiske, a Republican, to be special counsel in charge of investigating President Clinton's involvement with the Whitewater Development Corp. and the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan while he was Governor of Arkansas. Fiske, 63, is a former U.S. Attorney who served in the Ford and Carter Administrations. He said that he would not use Justice Department prosecutors in the probe and that he expects to question the President and Hillary Rodham Clinton under oath...
That gave White House aides a reason to turn aside any new Whitewater questions: from now on, it's all up to the special counsel. But there are questions about the special counsel. Who will be chosen? Reno's only answer was someone "ruggedly independent." Outsiders could agree only on a general description: the counsel should be someone well known and respected, at least within the legal profession; probably retired or semi-retired (because he or she could not be involved in any active litigation); and preferably a Republican. How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department...