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Dan Burton: Yes, I would. And I would like to add that the Attorney General has appointed independent counsels for some of the…

On the recordSeptember 15, 1998
Yes, I would. And I would like to add that the Attorney General has appointed independent counsels for some of the periphery of this administration, but whenever it gets close to the Oval Office or people close to the Oval Office, there is a reluctance to go ahead and appoint an independent counsel. Instead of doing this piecemeal, as has been the case by the Justice Department, there should be one independent counsel to look at the whole campaign finance scandal, the money that has come from all over the world illegally.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the need for an independent counsel to investigate campaign finance issues.

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