Reno in contempt of Congress? [CNN]

[Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>]

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> X-within-URL: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/17/reno.burton/

>    WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Sept. 17) -- Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) said
>    Thursday he intends to ask the full House to cite Attorney General
>    Janet Reno for contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over internal
>    documents related to the Justice Department's investigation into
>    alleged fund-raising irregularities during the 1996 election
>    campaign.. Burton Rep. Dan Burton 
>    
>    Burton chairs the House Reform and Oversight Committee, which has been
>    conducting its own investigation into allegations of campaign finance
>    abuses.
>    
>    In response, Reno said she was "disappointed" that Burton was pressing
>    ahead with a contempt citation, saying that she had made
>    "extraordinary accommodations" to supply Burton's committee with
>    information about the Justice Department's probe.

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