Clinton Investigators Spend $25 Million

In less than two years, the independent counsels investigating President Clinton and his administration have spent more than $25 million, nearly $8 million of that between September 1995 and the end of March, according to a General Accounting Office report. Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr continues to be the biggest spender, expending $3.7 million in taxpayer funds in the six-month period ending March 31, and $17.2 million since the investigation began in August 1994. The most expensive parts of a typical independent counsel investigation are salaries of the attorneys hired to serve as prosecutors and the cost for agencies, such as the FBI and the IRS, which lend investigators to the probes.