Word: deaver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prosecutor had erupted in anger during the trial when Shultz steadfastly defended Deaver's integrity. The secretary testified that Deaver contacted him on behalf of a lobbying client but lauded Deaver's "very direct, honest approach...
...Deaver, one President Reagan's closest and oldest political associates, was convicted Wednesday of lying to a House subcommittee and a grand jury that investigated the propriety of the lobbying he did for highpaying clients after he resigned as deputy White House chief of staff...
Within nine months of leaving the White House, Deaver and his firm had signed more than $3 million worth of lobbying contracts with large corporations and several foreign governments...
...Deaver was not charged with violating the ethics law itself. Seymour argued to jurors that Deaver's false testimony "blocked the investigation into that...
During the trial, Seymour charged that Deaver had lied to spare Reagan and his wife, Nancy, any embarrassment from revelations that he was using his White House connections to sign six-figure lobbying contracts...