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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorrie coey who wrote (29936)	1/26/1999 12:06:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

SLICK'S STOOGE/HENCHMAN WEBSTER HUBBELL FACES REINSTATED TAX EVASION CHARGES WASHINGTON (AP) - Handing prosecutor Kenneth Starr a major victory, a divided federal appeals court today reinstated tax evasion charges against presidential friend and Whitewater figure Webster Hubbell, his wife and two friends. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a federal judge overstepped his authority when he threw out the tax charges against the four last year. ''The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Congress's independent counsel arrangements. It is not for lower court judges to undercut that decision by constructions of the Act that prevent this Independent Counsel from performing his duty in a manner reasonably approximating that of an ordinary prosecutor,'' the court held in two 2-1 ruling. The decision means that Hubbell, who already has served one prison sentence, now faces two additional criminal trials involving Starr's office, which alleges he cheated his on taxes and obstructed investigators in the Whitewater investigation. The bstruction case was brought by Starr late last year while the appeal was pending in the tax case. MORE Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. tampabayonline.net DD