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Thursday October 19 7:31 PM ET
House Committee Criticizes Reno
WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided House Government Reform Committee
concluded Thursday that Attorney General Janet Reno retained
control of a campaign fund-raising investigation to protect
President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and the Democratic
Party.
The Republican-run committee, with Democrats in opposition,
approved a report that said Reno ``acted politically'' in the
probe of Democratic fund raising in 1996, first by opposing an
independent counsel and then by failing to pursue wrongdoing
vigorously after keeping control of the probe.
Approved on a voice vote, the report is a compilation of
often-repeated conclusions by Chairman Dan Burton, R-Ind., in
dozens of hearings on improper contributions to the 1996
Clinton-Gore campaign.
Justice Department spokesman Myron Marlin called the findings
``just another partisan report that raises the same old
allegations. It's too bad he (Burton) spent so much time and
money over the past six years engaged in a fishing expedition.''
The report said it was a conflict-of-interest for Reno's Justice
Department to conduct the investigation, especially after FBI
Director Louis Freeh and leaders of the department's campaign
finance task force have urged that an independent counsel be
named.
``The principal beneficiaries of the campaign finance scandal of
1996 were President Clinton and Vice President Gore,'' the report
said. ``In insisting that she retain control, ... Reno has failed
to exercise a minimally acceptable standard of judgment required
of the custodian of federal law enforcement.''
The committee said it was ``hard to escape the conclusion that
the attorney general has acted politically to benefit the
president, the vice president and her own political party.''
Accusing Reno of failing to conduct a thorough investigation, the
report said that until this year, Clinton ``was not asked a
single question about foreign money'' donated to his campaign.
Gore was not asked until this year about a notorious fund-raiser
at a California Buddhist temple, the report said.
The report said Reno negotiated in ``bad faith'' by resisting
committee requests for documents with the contention surrendering
them would harm investigations. These explanations ``have almost
universally turned out to be pretexts to cover up
embarrassment,'' the report said.
Copyright © 2000 The Associated Press.
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