Time: Fri Jul 18 15:52:44 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA27354 for [address in tool bar]; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:52:31 -0700 (MST) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA04873; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:40:28 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:40:00 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Burton and Reno issue each other subpoenas (fwd) <snip> > >FRIDAY JULY 18 10:31 AM EDT > >Burton, Justice Dept. trade subpoenas > >WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) _ The Justice Department >has upped the ante and slapped a subpoena on Indiana >Congressman Dan Burton, who had subpoenaed Attorney >General Janet Reno in connection with his probe >of alleged fund-raising abuses. > >Burton says the timing of the Justice Department >subpoena is interesting. > >Burton is about to begin House hearings on political >fund raising. Similar hearings are already under >way in the Senate. As part of his probe, Burton >has subpoenaed Reno in an effort to obtain FBI >records on the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. >Brown had headed the Democratic National Committee. > >Burton disclosed the Justice Department's subpoena >of him during an interview with CBS. He called >it ``a retaliatory move by the Justice Department, >because I am pushing pretty hard in my investigation'' >into fund-raising activities by Democrats. > >The Washington Post reported in March that a lobbyist >for the government of former Pakistani Prime Minister >Benazir Bhutto said he had been ``shaken down'' >by the congressman. Mark Siegel said he was approached >by Burton and asked to raise ``at least $5,000'' >for the congressman's re-election effort. > >Siegel said when he was unable to do so, Burton >approached the Bhutto government and threatened >to make sure that ``none of his friends or colleagues'' >would meet with Siegel or his associates. > >_- > >Copyright 1997 by United Press International. > <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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