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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cody andre who wrote (1151)	8/14/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Looks like a sinking ship... In Reno memos flap, no lawyers need apply WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the going gets tough, even the tough turn to lawyers -- not Attorney General Janet Reno, the U.S. government's blunt top law enforcement officer. Cited by a House panel for contempt of Congress last week, Reno said Thursday she did not have -- and did not need -- an attorney. ''One never likes being cited for contempt,'' she noted wryly at her weekly news conference. ''And before one is cited for contempt, one would like the opportunity to be heard.'' The Republican-led House Government Reform and Oversight committee took the unusual step after Reno refused to turn over two confidential memos on the White House fund-raising scandal. Shortly before the hearing, Reno called panel chairman Dan Burton of Indiana and asked to testify in the hope of resolving the conflict by briefing the committee on the memos. Burton denied her request. The memos, written by two of Reno's top deputies, recommend she appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations of campaign fund-raising abuses by the Clinton administration and the Democratic Party during the 1996 election. The citation would be considered by the full House for a possible vote in September if an agreement has not been reached by then. Congress has never cited a Cabinet member for contempt. The last high-level official to suffer the indignity was Anne Gorsuch, then head of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 1982. She was cited for refusing to turn over EPA enforcement documents, but a settlement was reached before the contempt order was enforced. Reno, asked if she had a lawyer or when she might turn to one, replied: '' No, I don't have a lawyer and I don't think I need one.''