You cannot know what I know, " Mr. Holder told the lawmaker, who responded, "The attorney general failed to answer my questions.

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When an amended complaint in this matter was filed with the committee in January of 1995, Mr. Gingrich's attorney responded to that complaint on his behalf.

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Paul and its attorney, Mr. Lillehaug, responded that he wanted Justice to intervene and settle the false-claims cases (that could cost the city millions of dollars) to get them off the city's docket.

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Over the past decade, Congress and aggressive prosecutors notably New York's former attorney-general, Eliot Spitzer have responded to various upheavals on Wall Street, including the dotcom bubble, the collapse of Enron and the financial crisis, by imposing extensive regulations.

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