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Article: Database Criminal Probe Sought; Rep. McIntosh Says White House Lawyer Possibly Hid Documents
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- September 9, 1998
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A House Republican said yesterday that he will ask the Justice
Department to investigate whether deputy White House counsel Cheryl
D. Mills obstructed a congressional investigation by withholding
documents before the 1996 presidential election and later lied under
oath about her role.
Rep. David M. McIntosh (R-Ind.), chairman of a House
Government Reform and Oversight subcommittee that has been
investigating the White House's use of a computer database during
the 1996 campaign, said he will also ask the Justice Department to
investigate whether the White House was guilty of "theft of
government property" by using information stored in the government
database for campaign purposes.
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