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Article: Republicans Say Altman Gave White House `Inside Information'
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- The Washington Post
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- July 30, 1994
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Senate Republicans charged yesterday that Deputy Treasury
Secretary Roger C. Altman passed along "inside information" to the
White House that could have hampered federal regulators from taking
civil legal action that could directly affect the Clintons.
As the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
opened its Whitewater hearings yesterday, Republicans led by Sen.
Alfonse M. D'Amato (N.Y.) said they based their new allegation
against Altman on a sworn deposition White House deputy chief of
staff Harold Ickes has given to committee lawyers. Ickes attended a
Feb. 2 meeting with Altman and top White House officials to discuss
possible civil lawsuits against those involved with ...