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Daniel Glickman: “It mandates that an independent counsel be appointed under circumstances where misconduct is alleged, takes away the…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
It mandates that an independent counsel be appointed under circumstances where misconduct is alleged, takes away the power of the Justice Department and the criminal justice process to use other means like, for example, a grand jury, separate grand jury, separate prosecutorial discretion, on behalf of the U.S. attorney, and in addition, probably, will cause a manyfold increase in the cost of the operation of Government by mandating that every Member of Congress absolutely be covered by a statute which squeezes out other important ways to indict and convict Members of Congress; namely, the grand jury and the process involving U.S. attorneys.
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Daniel Glickman
Democratic · Kansas
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Glickman discusses the implications of appointing an independent counsel for congressional misconduct.

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