Senator: Democrats Perjured Themselves
A member of the Senate committee winding up a probe of campaign fund-raising abuses predicts that panel Republicans will recommend perjury charges against several Democratic witnesses. Among them could be Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt; Harold M. Ickes, former White House deputy chief of staff; and ex-Democratic National Committee co-chairman Donald L. Fowler, said Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.). The Senate Government Affairs Committee suspended its campaign-finance hearings last week. Smith said the evasiveness of Democratic officials is partly to blame for the hearings ending early.
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