<p>WASHINGTON — The Justice Department was asked Monday to investigate allegations that a federal prosecutor asked a witness to lie in the bribery and kickbacks trial of convicted Rep. James Traficant.</p>
<p>Richard Detore, former chief operating officer of U.S. Aerospace Group, last week told the House Ethics Committee that Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Morford in Cleveland, on orders from former Attorney General Janet Reno, pressured him to lie to win Traficant's conviction.</p>