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Robert Burton: I cannot give the information in the memo, but after having read it, along with some of our legal staff on the…

On the recordSeptember 15, 1998
I cannot give the information in the memo, but after having read it, along with some of our legal staff on the committee, there is nothing in there that would lead to anybody other than the Attorney General's position of not appointing an independent counsel. In fact, I think that some of the remarks that are made by Mr. LaBella come close to condemnation of the Attorney General for not acting on the mandatory section of the statute. So, that is the only thing that I found in the memo that she could be concerned about. That is why I believe it should be made available to every Member of Congress and to the American people.
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Robert Burton
North Carolina

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Discussing the contents of a memo related to the Attorney General's decision on appointing an independent counsel.

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