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...their staffs. The committee found Senators John Glenn of Ohio ($234,000 in Keating contributions) and John McCain of Arizona ($112,000) the least culpable, engaging only in "poor judgment" because they gave Keating less help than did the others. Senators Donald Riegle of Michigan ($76,000) and Dennis DeConcini of Arizona ($55,000 along with more than $50 million in real estate loans from Lincoln Savings to top campaign aides) gave the "appearance of being improper" because their intervention for Keating was more extensive...
...guidance as to what is legal and illegal. All five helped Keating and all five accepted money during the same period of time. But only Cranston, who received $982,000 from the S&L kingpin, failed to observe a respectful amount of time between service rendered and money collected. DeConcini hosted a high-level meeting at which he outlined Keating's demands, which gave an "appearance of being improper" in the eyes of the ethics panel. Glenn, who arranged a luncheon for Keating with then Speaker Jim Wright, was deemed merely to have "exercised poor judgment...
...Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Democrat. Accepted $81,000 from Keating and was identified in Senate testimony as his most forceful advocate...
This week Democrats Donald Riegle, Dennis DeConcini and, probably, the ailing Alan Cranston will be grilled in the final act of a saga in which none of the five has done himself -- or the Senate -- proud...
...scandal to bring lawyers out of the woodwork. Principal witness Edwin Gray was represented by Leonard Garment, who served as Richard Nixon's chief counsel throughout Watergate and advised Robert McFarlane during the Iran-contra fallout. Charles Ruff and Jim Hamilton, who are defending Senators John Glenn and Dennis DeConcini, respectively, served in the Watergate special prosecutor's office. Two lawyers besides Garment have hit the scandal triple crown. Senator Don Riegle is advised by Tom Green, who represented retired Major General Richard Secord after Iran-contra and White House aide Robert Mardian during Watergate. Lawyer Plato Cacheris, who worked...