Word: deaver
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Maybe not. By keeping Deaver off the witness stand, where he would have been subjected to withering cross-examination, Miller won not-guilty verdicts on two key counts. Moreover, Deaver and others are challenging the constitutionality of the 1978 law that established independent counsel. Two of Deaver's three guilty verdicts came on charges of lying to Seymour's grand jury that was investigating him for possible ethics-law violations. If the independent-counsel law is overturned, Seymour's work would be thrown out, and Deaver would be liable for retrial only on a single count of falsely testifying...
...seven-week trial provided a rare glimpse into the world of Washington special pleading, particularly at the Reagan White House. A top Boeing executive told the court that his company chose Deaver to lobby for a lucrative contract to build a new Air Force One because of Deaver's familiarity with the "personal tastes and preferences of the President." Deaver was paid $250,000, and Boeing eventually landed the $200 million contract...
Former White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan testified about his efforts to prevent a Korean client of Deaver's from getting a two-minute meeting with , the President. Regan said he repeatedly vetoed the trade-related meeting, only to see it reappear on Reagan's schedule. Deaver was paid $475,000 for setting up the appointment and doing a few other errands for the Koreans. Philip Morris paid Deaver $250,000 to help win access to the South Korean tobacco market; company officials acknowledged they were overjoyed when Deaver obtained an hour-long meeting with South Korean President Chun...
Telephone logs showed that former Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole received a call from Deaver to discuss attempts by his client TWA to avoid a hostile takeover. Dole was never called to appear as a witness, but Deaver was found guilty of lying about the matter to a grand jury...
Canadian Ambassador Allan Gotlieb refused to waive diplomatic immunity to testify about a lunch he had with Deaver in January 1985 to discuss acid rain. Without evidence about the lunch, that section of the count was dismissed. The jury finally acquitted Deaver of the remaining charges involving acid rain...