Normally a citation for civil contempt runs out with the grand jury, which in this case would be October 28th.

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He had obstructed the administration of justice before the United States district court in a civil rights case and before the federal grand jury.

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McDougal had previously spent 18 months behind bars after Judge Susan Webber Wright found McDougal in civil contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury.

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But it is the fact that the lie occurred during a civil lawsuit or before the independent counsel's own grand jury that according to the charges constitutes the offense.

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McDougal has been held in a Los Angeles county jail while she awaits trial on local charges but is under federal custody for civil contempt for refusing to answer questions before a Whitewater grand jury in Little Rock, Ark.

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Now the agency is pushing for greater access to grand-jury information from criminal prosecutions for use in civil actions.

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