Gore takes legal assistance I
■ Republicans criticize
vice president one day
before Reno’s decision.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice
President A1 Gore fended off a fresh
Republican attack Thursday for tak
ing free legal help from a high-pr9
file lawyer, one day before Attorney
General Janet Reno was to decide
whether to move a step closer to
seeking a special prosecutor for
White House fund-raising.
President Clinton said Reno
should make her decision without
pressure “from me or from anyone
else.”
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Republicans of trying to force
Reno’s hand by threatening her with
impeachment if she does not move
against Clinton and Gore.
Reno is determining whether to
open a 90-day preliminary investi
gation to study the possibility of
requesting a special prosecutor
against Clinton and Gore.tShe
must decide by Friday in the Gore
case; her deadline for Clinton is
Oct. 15.
Expecting Reno to take the next
step toward a special prosecutor,
Gore has hired two defense attor
neys. One of them, James Neal, a
Nashville, Tenn., lawyer who is
also a former Watergate prosecutor,
said Thursday that he would not
charge legal fees — a move that
drew instant criticism from the
GOP.
Neal and George Frampton of
Washington were hired by Gore last
month in an effort to convince Reno
that a special prosecutor was not
needed. Neal was in Washington for
the case Thursday.
He will not bill Gore for his ser
vices, though the vice president will
be charged for Neal’s expenses and
for any time the law firm’s associates
spend on the case. The Office of
Government Ethics determined that
“pro bono” legal work is a contribu
tion that is excluded from federal
gift bans.
rJut tne arrangement couia open
Gore to criticism that Neal might
expect favors from the vice president
or his staff in the future.
“So-called pro bono or free
legal services are supposed to be
for the poor and the needy, not the
vice president of the United
States,” said Republican National
Committee Chairman Jim
Nicholson.
“Mr. Gore owes the American
people an immediate explanation of
this unusual fee arrangement; at the
very least, it is a questionable exer
cise of the vice president’s judg
ment,” Nicholson said in a state
ment.
Vincent Falamony, an attorney
with the ethics office, said the presi
dent and vice president are allowed
to accept gifts — such as free legal
work — if they don’t solicit the gifts
and don’t do any favors in return.
Another exception is when the gift
is motivated by a longtime friend
ship.
Gore’s office referred questions
to Neal, who released a brief state
ment.
“The idea to volunteer my time
to represent the vice president dur
ing this period was mine, based on
my high regard for the vice presi
dent, and my longtime friendship
with his entire family,” he said.
An assistant to Frampton, Susan
Kaslow, said the co-counsel will bill
Gore “at a commercial rate.”
Falamony confirmed that an
attorney in Gore’s office sought and
received clearance to accept the free
legal work.
Clinton determined that he
could not accept free legal work in
the sexual harassment lawsuit filed
by Paula Jones because the allega
tion did not relate to his duties as
president. He set up a legal defense
fund.
In a brief exchange with
reporters Thursday, the president
defended his party’s fund-raising
practices.
“It is my understanding that
everything the Democratic National
Committee did had the prior
approval of the lawyers,” he said.
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porting gay sexuality, but they are
supporting gay people and recogniz
ing them as individuals.
“It’s the first step and I think it’s a
very positive first step.”
But she said she couldn’t specu
late on how much tolerance and
acceptance the statement would lead
to.
“It’s hard to say,” she said. “I’m
just happy they made such a positive
public statement.”
Those talked to agreed the state
ment was especially positive for chil
dren and families.
Krejci said it all came down to
love.
“For Catholic parents who have
gay and lesbian children - all parents
want to do is love their children - this
makes it a little less painful. This says
there is nothing wrong with them.”
And parents who were once torn
between loving their children and
serving God now have somewhere in
the church to look for help, Eickhoff
said.
“For the parents who think that
‘Yes, homosexual acts are wrong, but
how am I supposed to treat my daugh
ter or son,’ they can now feel like they
aren’t in such a predicament,” he said.
Navy F-14 crashes in ocean; j
search for pilot under way
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy
F-14 Tomcat fighter jet crashed
Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean off
the East Coast. The Navy said one
crew member was rescued by a Coast
Guard, and a search was under way
for another.
The plane was on a routine train
ing operation with other aircraft
when it went down about 4 p.m. EDT
off the coast of North Carolina or
Virginia, said Mike Maus, a Navy
spokesman.
Both crew members ejected from
the plane, Maus said. He said a Coast
I
Guard J-Hawk helicopter rescued the
fighter’s radar intercept officer. A
search was still under way for the
pilot, Maus said.
The fighter was assigned to the
Oceana Naval Air Station at Virginia
Beach, Va,
The Navy said three of its ships
were within 40 miles of the crash site y
and, along with aircraft from the ^
Navy and Coast Guard, were partici
pating in the search.
Maus also said the Navy has
begun an investigation to determine
the cause of the crash.
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