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Attorney General Janet Reno announced today that the Department of Justice is looking into possible criminal violations by Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, based on "allegations that have been widely reported by the news media." Several Republicans have demanded that Brown resign because of his complex financial relationship with his former business partner, a Washington businesswoman named Nolanda Hill. Brown said he divested all interest in Hill''s company a year after becoming commerce secretary; but he acknowledged receiving $400,000 in payments from her. Reno, whose department briefly investigated allegations against Brown last year before dismissing them...
...court deposition last spring, Tosteson said he had suggested to Nadal-Ginard that the latter resign...
Last year a similar split occurred after theelection of outgoing President Bradford P.Campbell '95 prompted several members of the clubto protest his extreme conservatism and resign...
Twenty-two GOP House members wrote President Clinton demanding that Commerce Secretary Ron Brown resign because of questions about his personal finances. The letter cited concerns raised in the news media about Brown's business dealings with a company owned by a Democratic Party fund-raiser. Brown's attorney, Reid Weingarten, denounced the attack as "extremely partisan" focusing "on allegations that were completely investigated (by the Justice Department). He was completely exonerated...
Grachev has been feuding with some of the army's top commanders and is trying to fire three of his deputy ministers, including General Boris Gromov, a popular hero of the war in Afghanistan. Gromov in turn has called on Grachev to resign. Such moves, like the plan to shift command of the army to the President, have been left hanging for now. But if Yeltsin is still in the market for scapegoats, that whole group of squabbling generals might fill the bill...