There is no allegation of wrongdoing at this point.

There is no allegation of wrongdoing by Gilmore or his wife.

The loans had been held up while the bank investigated allegations of wrongdoing in an earlier project.

"We would need some specific allegations of wrongdoing to take action," the spokesman said.

The bank said there were no allegations of wrongdoing against it and repeatedly declined to comment further.

Even in Watergate, allegations of financial wrongdoing were numerous but not fatal.

The law allows a special prosecutor to be named to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by senior Government officials.

In the one-year period that ended last June 30, the office received 1,582 allegations of wrongdoing.

He would not comment on the allegations of wrongdoing in the department.

The allegations of wrongdoing are not new and had apparently been made initially in 1991.