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  2. Janet Reno - Wikipedia

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    Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party , held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt .

  3. 1996 United States campaign finance controversy - Wikipedia

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    If you had a lower threshold, then any time somebody said 'boo' about a covered person, you'd trigger the independent counsel statute —Janet Reno, December 4, 1997. [58] A CNN/Time poll taken in May 1998 found 58 percent of Americans felt an independent counsel should have been appointed to investigate the controversy. Thirty-three percent ...

  4. Wampumgate - Wikipedia

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    Wampumgate refers to the controversy around the July 14, 1995 rejection of an Indian gambling project proposed by three impoverished Chippewa Indian tribes who hoped to establish a casino in Hudson, Wisconsin, located just outside the Twin Cities of Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

  5. US attorney general wanted to stop Gerry Adams fundraising trip

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    Papers contained in the annual release of documents from the National Archives in Dublin show that Janet Reno, the attorney general at the time, wanted to stop Mr Adams from fundraising because of ...

  6. Lincoln Bedroom for contributors controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Bedroom for contributors controversy was an American political controversy in the ... However U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said despite the new ...

  7. What ‘tough on crime’ Kamala Harris can learn from a famed ...

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    Editorial: As a former prosecutor running for president, Harris can learn from Janet Reno. ... But there were controversial decisions Reno made. In 1993, as a fresh new U.S. attorney general, Reno ...

  8. United States v. Microsoft Corp. - Wikipedia

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    The commissioners deadlocked with a 2–2 vote in 1993 and closed the investigation, but the Department of Justice (DOJ), led by Janet Reno, opened its own investigation later that year, resulting in a settlement on July 15, 1994, in which Microsoft consented not to tie other Microsoft products to the sale of Windows but remained free to ...

  9. Shaw v. Reno - Wikipedia

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    Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering. [1] After the 1990 census, North Carolina qualified to have a 12th district and drew it in a distinct snake-like manner to create a "majority-minority" Black district.