What is not public record is my analysis and piecing together of evidence. One of the people who may not want the information to come out, LaBella intimated, might be former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes, whose handiwork, LaBella said Tuesday, could be traced through a series of ongoing investigations. He was somebody who made cameo appearances in a number of investigations. He offered no further detail, and staunchly refused to make any revelations about Clinton or Gore. He did say, however, that had he his druthers when running the probe, he would have sought felony charges against many involved for gross violations of campaign finance law.
Prosecutors view misdemeanors as an escape hatch, a way out.
If you violate this conduct it goes to the integrity of our electoral process. But LaBella offered a kinder assessment of the choices made by Reno when pressed by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, who acted as the subcommittee's ranking member for the proceedings. As for his work, LaBella said he has since chosen to move on. He worked for some time as a U.S. Attorney in San Diego following his efforts in the campaign finance task force, then left the Justice Department altogether in February of 1999. I took my shots and moved on.