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Also in trouble: former Democratic Representative Otto Passman of Louisiana, indicted for accepting $213,000 from Park, and Democratic Representative Daniel Flood of Pennsylvania, under investigation for suspected kickback schemes. In all, 13 Congressmen and one Senator have been indicted since 1970 for illegal acts committed while in office...
...Faces kickback charges...
...seemingly minor incident raises some questions about the man who, if confirmed, would become the most powerful man in the Federal financial structure. Immediately striking is the somewhat shadowy connection between Textron and the repressive Iranian dictatorship. And Miller's contention that he did not know of the kickback-smacking connection seems strange and slightly incredible. If Miller did not know, and there is no concrete evidence against him, it is reasonable to expect that he should have, or else his managerial skills come into question...
...efforts in 1972 to enable a chain of California trade schools to retain its accreditation with the U.S. Office of Education and thus continue to qualify for federal funds. Flood's former administrative assistant, Stephen Elko, admitted receiving a $15,000 kickback from the schools, and was convicted in Los Angeles last fall of bribery, perjury and obstruction of justice. Elko claimed that he received $25,000 in hush money from Flood's friends. But in exchange for a reduced sentence, Elko agreed to provide evidence against his former boss. According to Elko's account, Flood received...
Long has been lucky. Twice, formal indictments were voted against him by a grand jury in Baltimore accusing him and two other legislators of committing 45 "over acts" in connection with a bribery-kickback scheme during construction of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. And twice, the U.S. Attorney's indictment recommendation was denied by John Mitchell's Justice Department with no explanation given. Mitchell, of course, was the architect of Nixon's Southern Strategy...