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| Dec 3, 1998 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Public Interest Law Firm To File Complaint Against Reno Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman today announced that the public interest watchdog group would file a complaint with the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility against Attorney General Janet Reno for leaking grand jury information to the press. Klayman cited a story in today's Washington Post which disclosed details of memos by FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and the Justice Department's former campaign finance prosecutor Charles G. LaBella. Limited confidential access to the Freeh and LaBella memoranda was granted to the House Judiciary Committee by Judge Norma Holloway Johnson. The Attorney General had refused to voluntarily release the documents to Congressional investigators, citing grand jury secrecy concerns. "It is an absolute outrage that this sensitive material should wind up in the pages of The Washington Post, after the Attorney General argued that it was subject to grand jury secrecy," Klayman said. "These documents are critical evidence in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry." Today's Post story quoted a "Justice official familiar with the documents" and "a law enforcement official familiar with the memos." The report contained a great deal of detail about the content of the memos. The Administration has frequently made selective, calculated leaks to the Post, as reported in a recent item by Matt Drudge. "It is somewhat ironic that the President's allies have tried to make an issue out of alleged leaks by Ken Starr when Janet Reno's Justice Department is spoon-feeding sensitive information to The Washington Post," Klayman said. "Judicial Watch will be filing a complaint with the Office of Professional Responsibility against the Attorney General for this obvious violation of criminal law and the public trust." |
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