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...attack drew an angry response from Keverian and a demand for an apology. Keverian called Shannon's charges "grossly unfair" and suggested that Shannon himself may be smarting from criticism that he has failed to investigate aggressively corruption allegations against Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston...
...with ethical issues involved in the construction of the 75 State St. office building, Cox said, "I don't know enough about it to say whether the question arises with respect to that or not," adding, "I expect to learn." That building aroused controversy because Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston) may have illegally aided the project, to which his business partner was a consultant...
...Bulger's former law partner, Thomas Finnerty, received $500,000 from real-estate developer Harold Brown for help in securing government permits on the State Street project. Two years later, Brown sued Finnerty, claiming the payment was part of an influence-peddling scam involving the Senate President...
Although the case was settled out of court in December, Bulger had received $240,000 out of the payment through a trust fund. Bulger has said that the money was a loan against future legal fees and that he repaid the loan with interest once he knew Brown was the source of funds...
Also that month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's office closed, without any major indictments, a wide-ranging 2 1/2-year investigation into Boston real estate that included the State Street project. But federal investigators never questioned Bulger. Shannon refused to launch a state-wide probe, but instead requested that U.S. Attorney General Richard L. Thornburgh review the case...