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...department did not urge U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to dismiss the major charge that North, former national security adviser John M. Poindexter and two arms dealers defrauded the government by illegally diverting U.S.-Iran arms-sale profits to the Contras...
...trial delayed could be a trial that never takes place. Iran-Contra Defendant Oliver North has argued successfully for postponement of his Sept. 20 trial until he can sort through more classified documents. Judge Gerhard A. Gesell's grant of the delay was also a victory for George Bush. North's defense, in part, is that he had the approval of his White House superiors in diverting Iran arms-sales profits to the Nicaraguan rebels. The trial postponement removes the possibility that a prejudicial answer to the question "Where was George?" could come out in the courtroom before the November...
...tries to ensure a fair trial for the four Iran-contra defendants, Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell has criticized the congressional committees that investigated the affair for vastly complicating his chore. The committees "were interested much more in what the President knew," Gesell growled last month. "They were chasing a rabbit they never caught." Last week he hinted that some of the smaller quarry -- Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim -- may also elude the criminal snares set by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh...
...District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell asked Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh to decide whether he wants to try North or Poindexter in the first of four trials...
...four defendants -- North, former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord and Businessman ! Albert Hakim -- are demanding to see 300,000 pages of classified documents. But a Government team has so far produced only 35,254 pages, leading Presiding Judge Gerhard Gesell to grumble last week, "There is a stone wall being built up between this court and the trial. The responsibility lies with the Attorney General and the White House...