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Case Note: The Office Of The Independent Counsel And Grand Jury Secrecy, Melissa N. Henke
Case Note: The Office Of The Independent Counsel And Grand Jury Secrecy, Melissa N. Henke
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In In re Sealed Case No. 99-3091, the D.C. Circuit ruled on a motion for summary reversal of an order entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ("District Court"), where such order required the Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr ("OIC") to provide evidence as to why the OIC should not be held in contempt for violating the grand jury secrecy rule, Rule 6(e). The alleged violation of grand jury secrecy concerned a New York Times article that contained information about the grand jury investigation of President William J. Clinton, and which named the OIC as …