Word: deaver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington's federal district court, meanwhile, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson postponed until October the perjury trial of another onetime top Administration official, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. Deaver is accused of lying to a congressional subcommittee and a federal grand jury about his lobbying activities; Jackson put back the trial to settle the issue of whether prospective jurors should be questioned in public or private...
...appointment of independent counsels such as Walsh. The Justice Department contends that the 1978 law unconstitutionally abridges traditional executive power over all prosecutors by providing that judicial panels appoint the independent counsels. North has separately filed suit contesting Walsh's authority, and former White House Aide Michael Deaver, facing trial for perjury, is challenging his prosecutor, Whitney North Seymour...
...days, of course, the 230 reporters and editors at the Times (circ. 104,000) are no match for the 450-strong Post (circ. 796,000), but the paper, the only local alternative to the Post, has had a few impressive scoops. The Times broke the story alleging that Michael Deaver had improperly used his White House ties to advance his lobbying business and, two months ago, revealed Mobil Oil's decision to move its headquarters from Manhattan to suburban Washington. Though the Times has serious weaknesses (its national political coverage is abysmally shallow, for example), its strengths include a scrappy...
Critics of Dukakis say his victory in 1982 represented a public relations coup rather than a political re-orientation. "I was completely convinced that Dukakis had changed [in 1982]. What had changed was his presentation, tremendously," says Jean Deaver, a Boston community activist who has opposed the Governor's economic programs...
...that diplomatic immunity exempts the Gotliebs from testifying. Contending that Canada waived that privilege when officials answered written questions last year, Seymour accused the government of "duplicitous behavior." Canadian External Affairs Secretary Joe Clark called Seymour's argument "irresponsible." The skirmish has quieted down temporarily: the judge presiding over Deaver's trial decided to postpone proceedings until the fall...