INDEPENDENT  COUNSEL  

  
   
The Independent Counsel law expired Wednesday, June 30, 1999. First passed in 1978, the act was designed to deal with the inherent conflict of interest that an attorney general has in investigating or 
prosecuting high-ranking government officials.

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) have held several hearings on the future of the Independent Counsel Act. As a result, several members of the Committee have offered their proposals on how to improve, change or maintain the Act.

Chairman Thompson's Proposal

Independent Counsel Reform Act of 1999

Hearings on the Independent Counsel

 
 
 

 

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