Word: deaver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision, the Washington, D.C., appeals court declared unconstitutional the method used to appoint independent counsel and the limits placed on the President's power to remove them at will. The decision puts a large question mark over the conviction last month of former White House Aide Michael Deaver...
...White House and a business, formulated policy and fought wars, and he wanted to run Reagan's foreign policy without interference. But his aggressive manner alienated Reagan's laid-back Californians. David Stockman called him a "bully." The ruling troika of James Baker, Edwin Meese and Michael Deaver, which Haig later took to calling the "three-headed hydra- monster," never trusted him. Haig hotly denies that his disputes with the White House staff were based on personality. "My problems were substantive from day one." After several threats of resignation, Haig's offer was accepted by Reagan in June...
...roughest year afflicted not only the First Family but also several friends and followers. It was a rough year for Reagan's onetime close aide Michael Deaver, who was convicted of perjury; a rough year for Attorney General Edwin Meese, under official investigation on suspicion of corruption; a rough year for Federal Judge Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court but humiliatingly rejected by the Senate. Well, time passes. Next year at this time, Ronald Reagan can look forward to packing his bags and heading westward into the sunset, just as he and his fellow heroes used...
...Deaver faces a sentence of up to 15 years and a $22,000 fine at his sentencing Feb. 25. After the trial, Seymour blasted the climate of "too much loose money and too little concern in Washington about ethics." Lobbyists "will continue to undermine public confidence in government," said Seymour, "until lawmakers, business and community leaders and individual citizens decide to cry 'Enough...
...President and his wife issued a statement saying they were "sorry" about Deaver's conviction. But when Nancy Reagan was asked whether the Deavers would be invited to Christmas dinner at the White House this year as usual, her eyes widened, her features twisted into a grimace, and she answered, quietly but firmly...