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Joe Lieberman: “I think that it would suffer not only from redundancy and inefficiency, but most of all, I worry, no matter what we…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
I think that it would suffer not only from redundancy and inefficiency, but most of all, I worry, no matter what we think about these four or the independent counsel statute, it would set a bad precedent of legislative intervention into independent investigation and prosecution.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Discussing concerns about legislative intervention in independent counsel investigations.

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