Article: Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department

Absolute Power. The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department

by David Limbaugh

Regnery Publishing * 2001 * 385 pages * $27.95

Reviewed by Arch T. Allen

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton's famous admonition underlies both the title and subtitle of this account of how President Clinton's promised "most ethical administration" in American history came to include a politicized and corrupt Justice Department. Critical of Clinton and Janet Reno, his appointed attorney general to head the Justice Department, author and attorney David Limbaugh describes and documents their politicized corruption of the administration of justice.

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