Italian investigators have named Mr Tyagi in a preliminary inquiry submitted to an Italian court.
Italian investigators also named Mr Tyagi in a preliminary inquiry submitted to an Italian court.
In his testimony before the subcommittee during the preliminary inquiry, Mr. Gingrich admitted that those statements were inaccurate.
The current investigation is a 90-day preliminary inquiry to determine whether enough credible evidence exists to investigate the charges further.
At Mr. Gingrich's request, the subcommittee also heard from tax counsel that he had retained for the purposes of this preliminary inquiry.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Illinois) is conducting a preliminary inquiry.
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Thursday's hearing was the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry to decide if there was sufficient evidence to allow the case to proceed to trial.
The Court of Justice of the Republic, a special body with the power to judge ministers, made the decision after meeting for several hours to discuss a preliminary inquiry.
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During a preliminary inquiry, the subcommittee consulted with an expert in the law of tax-exempt organizations, and members of the subcommittee did their own research and read voluminous materials involved in this area.
The independent counsel statute calls for the Justice Department to respond within 30 days to explain whether there is a basis to launch a "preliminary inquiry, " the first step toward seeking an independent counsel.
When asked about this letter, Mr. Gingrich stated, in the course of the preliminary inquiry, Mr. Gingrich stated, that if there had been anything inaccurate in that letter he would have told his attorney to change it.
In responding to the complaints that were filed in this case concerning the Renewing American Civilization aspect of it, before it came to the subcommittee, before preliminary inquiry had been instituted, Mr. Gingrich submitted several letters to the committee on the subject.
Legal bills for BP, Transocean, contractor Halliburton Co. and others are mounting as the companies navigate the preliminary stages of a Justice Department criminal inquiry as well as myriad suits filed by fishermen, shrimpers and others who say their livelihoods have been harmed by the spill.
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Singapore's state coroner has yet to start an inquiry into Mr. Todd's death, but it is set to hold a preliminary hearing March 26.
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