Word: deaver
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WASHINGTON--The government's top ethics officer asked the Justice Department yesterday to investigate whether Michael K. Deaver, a former White House aide who operates a lobbying business, violated conflict-of-interest laws...
David Martin, head of the Office of Government Ethics, referred the case to the Justice Department on the same day that President Reagan said he thinks it is "ridiculous" to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Deaver...
Martin's letter to Attorney General Edwin Meese III activates the procedure for establishing a special prosecutor to look into Deaver's dealings...
John Russell, a Justice Department spokesman, said Martin's letter will be given to lawyers in the public integrity section who will study the Deaver file before Meese decides whether a preliminary investigation is warranted...
Next day the Wall Street Journal disclosed that in March Deaver sounded out Fred Fielding, the departing White House counsel, about a job with Deaver's firm. At the time, Fielding's office happened to be conducting an inquiry into possible conflict-of-interest violations by Deaver. Fielding was not interested in the job feeler, but he quickly withdrew from the probe...