<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1999 21:50:12 ET XXXXX
OIC: 'NO FINAL REPORTS ARE IMMINENT'; CLINTONS PONDERING GOVERNMENT
REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL DEBTS
According to an early look at Saturday's WASHINGTON POST, the Office of
the Independent Counsel has said that their long awaited final reports on
the myriad Clinton scandals are not soon in the coming.
Deputy independent counsel Edward J. Page tells the POST'S Charles
Babington:
"No final reports are imminent. They are works in progress."
Page's comments come in response to the POST'S sneak that the Clintons are
seeking to have the government reimburse $5 million in personal legal fees
they still owe for the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater investigations.
The $5 million sum is down from $10 million because of private donations
made to Clinton's legal defense fund.
Among the many things the Clintons must prove to be reimbursed is that
they would have not been pursued by a regular prosecutor.
Writes Babington:
"Anticipating the Clintons' application for reimbursement, the independent
counsel's office has been examining court rulings that could help it block
or limit the effort."
One critic of the president, Rep. Bob Barr, tells the paper that such a
reimbursement would be "very improper, but the chutzpah of this
administration knows no bounds."
"It doesn't surprise me at all, but I do intend to look into this and do
everything I can to ensure the president doesn't get away with this."
Developing... [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
OIC: 'NO FINAL REPORTS ARE IMMINENT'; CLINTONS PONDERING GOVERNMENT
REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL DEBTS
According to an early look at Saturday's WASHINGTON POST, the Office of
the Independent Counsel has said that their long awaited final reports on
the myriad Clinton scandals are not soon in the coming.
Deputy independent counsel Edward J. Page tells the POST'S Charles
Babington:
"No final reports are imminent. They are works in progress."
Page's comments come in response to the POST'S sneak that the Clintons are
seeking to have the government reimburse $5 million in personal legal fees
they still owe for the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater investigations.
The $5 million sum is down from $10 million because of private donations
made to Clinton's legal defense fund.
Among the many things the Clintons must prove to be reimbursed is that
they would have not been pursued by a regular prosecutor.
Writes Babington:
"Anticipating the Clintons' application for reimbursement, the independent
counsel's office has been examining court rulings that could help it block
or limit the effort."
One critic of the president, Rep. Bob Barr, tells the paper that such a
reimbursement would be "very improper, but the chutzpah of this
administration knows no bounds."
"It doesn't surprise me at all, but I do intend to look into this and do
everything I can to ensure the president doesn't get away with this."
Developing... [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!