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Pete Stark: one of the people who was sued was investigated by the U.S. Attorney and had to spend some money to defend himself…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1998
one of the people who was sued was investigated by the U.S. Attorney and had to spend some money to defend himself against the U.S. Attorney's investigation, and the U.S. Attorney subsequently decided that the case was not prosecutable or was not worth prosecuting. This was Mr. Magaziner. So the U.S. Attorney investigated him and said they were not going to prosecute him. Would that not be the same? As the gentleman well knows, Mr. Magaziner and I have had vast differences over the years, and I would hate to have this turned around that I am here defending him, but I wonder if perhaps there is someone that feels more strongly about Mr. Magaziner than they might have about Mr. Dale of the travel office and whether we are kind of picking and choosing. That is my concern.
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Pete Stark
California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the investigation of Mr. Magaziner and comparisons to other cases during a floor debate.

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