Word: indict
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...Eventually, I decided I had about had it, and I asked for an appointment with Attorney General [John Mitchell] of the United States," Hatcher says. "I told him this has to stop. If there is anything in your files that justifies these investigations, indict me. He looked into my file...and there was just a lot of newspaper clippings. That...
Just how unkind the McKay report is will not be known for sure until it is publicly released, along with a rebuttal prepared by Meese's lawyers. Although McKay did not elect to indict, his report is expected to cite a number of examples of questionable ethical conduct by the Attorney General. Among them: his relationship to San Francisco Lawyer E. Robert Wallach, who has been indicted on influence-peddling charges; assistance Meese gave to the New York City-based Wedtech Corp., which helped the company win a $32 million Government contract; a financial partnership that Meese had with...
...before, when three more of Burns' aides quit, bringing to five the number of high-ranking Justice officials who have left since Burns and William Weld announced their resignations March 29. Weld, who had headed the criminal division, told Reagan what he had earlier told Meese: that he would indict the Attorney General if he were running the investigation. Meese's friend E. Robert Wallach had profited from his relationship with the Attorney General, Weld said, and it appeared that Wallach had made sure that Meese was rewarded for going along with his schemes...
...full confidence in my friend of 20 years." Meese blithely insisted that he had no intention of quitting. He was helped by a terse announcement from Independent Counsel James McKay that his probe of Meese's ties to Wedtech and the pipeline had turned up insufficient evidence to indict the Attorney General...
Weld contended that there appeared to be a pattern of Meese in effect selling the services of his office. Even if Independent Counsel McKay decides not to indict him, Weld advised Meese, "the best-case scenario is, you are going to get a report from McKay that knocks your block...