HR 11293 · 93th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
A bill to establish an Independent Office of Special Prosecutor.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-11-06)
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Establishes an Independent Office of Special Prosecutor to be administered by and act under the direction of a Special Prosecutor to be appointed by the United States Federal District Court for the District of Columbia with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the independent Office of Special Prosecutor shall have full exclusive authority and responsibility for investigating and prosecuting criminal and civil offenses against the United States by any person arising out of: (1) the unauthorized entry on June 17, 1972, into offices maintained by the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, District of Columbia; (2) conduct and activities related to the Presidential campaigns, primaries, and election of 1972; (3) allegations of criminal offenses involving the President, members of the White House staff, or other Presidential appointees; and (4) such new matters, bearing a proximate relation to the foregoing, as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may deem appropriate for assignment to the Special Prosecutor, and which the Special Prosecutor consents to accept. Provides that no Special Prose…
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