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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Responding to Republican claims that her office could not conduct an independent investigation of the White House "Filegate" incident, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask a special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno...
That scenario isn't so very farfetched. First, there is the chance that in exchange for a shorter sentence, Tucker or one of the McDougals might cooperate with Starr and provide evidence that would directly implicate Clinton. But even without that development, Whitewater has half a dozen other tentacles that could ensnare the President or First Lady. Among them...
...Senate Investigation. Starr's victory has given Alfonse d'Amato's Whitewater committee new life just as the New York Senator was ready to close up shop. Before issuing the obligatory scathing report, he will make one last play--probably by hearing testimony from Hale, the perjurer and fraudster from the McDougal trial...
...Billing-Records Mystery. How did Hillary Clinton's long-missing Rose Law Firm records turn up in the White House residence? Did the First Lady obstruct justice by keeping them from investigators? Starr's investigators are trying to answer these questions. Aide Carolyn Huber, who found the records in January, was questioned a few months ago by a Little Rock grand jury; Mrs. Clinton testified under subpoena in Washington last winter. Starr's official fingerprint analysis of the documents hasn't yet been released, but if her prints turn up, so what? They were, after all, her documents...
...Travel-Office Purge. Starr is looking into allegations that Hillary Clinton applied pressure for the firing of the entire White House travel-office staff in 1993, raising dubious charges against the employees so she could install her own people. Starr has hired two seasoned lawyers to investigate whether Mrs. Clinton and aide David Watkins concealed her role in the purge. Almost no one expects Starr to bring charges against the First Lady, but Republicans may use his findings in the campaign. And how ugly will it get? That could depend on how far Dole is trailing Clinton...