FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CRM

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998                                                                                    (202) 616-2777

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CHARLIE TRIE SURRENDERS





	WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Charlie Trie surrendered to Federal
authorities this afternoon at Dulles International Airport.




	Trie, 49, was indicted last Wednesday by a federal grand jury
on 15 charges, including obstruction of justice and various crimes
related to campaign fund raising activities. The indictment was
secured by the Campaign Financing Task Force, which is
investigating allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the 1996
election cycle. 




	Under an agreement with the Task Force, Trie surrendered to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation at approximately 4:30 P.M. He
is being brought directly before Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan
in the Eastern District of Virginia.




	 Trie is expected to be ordered to appear for an arraignment
before Judge Paul Friedman in the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 5,
1998.

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