The Washington Post, August 7th, 1998
THE HOUSE Government Reform and Oversight Committee's vote yesterday to cite the attorney general for contempt of Congress is a dangerous political interference in a law enforcement decision that threatens to undermine the Justice Department's campaign finance investigation -- an interference, ironically, by the same people who purport to want a vigorous investigation. The citation resulted from the staring contest between committee Chairman Dan Burton and Janet Reno over a subpoena he issued to her for confidential memoranda written by FBI Director Louis Freeh and the former chief of the dep...
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