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...sure, neither of the threats had vanished. With investigations into the Billy affair under way in the Senate and the Justice Department, there was no quick way for the President to end the controversy over his brother's dealings as an agent for Libya. Yet the besieged President confidently handled barbed questions from reporters. He was alternately humane ("Billy is a colorful personality. I love him and he loves me"), defiant ("I don't have authority to order Billy to do something. It is not illegal for him to make a trip to Libya") and presidential...
...involved serious inconsistencies in Billy's story and prompted the Justice Department's Lisker to conclude that "it's fairly obvious that he [Billy] misled me, that he lied." On Jan. 16, Lisker and an FBI investigator asked Billy if he had received any money from Libya. Billy said no. But last week Lisker obtained a deposit slip from the Columbus Bank and Trust Co. of Columbus, Ga., showing that Billy deposited a $20,000 check from the Libyans...
...committee will investigate Libya's relations with the U.S.; the Foreign Agents Registration Act in general; how the Justice Department applied that act to Billy Carter; Billy's involvement with Libya; and the White House role in matters concerning Billy, Libya and the registration...
...Libyan agent. But Lisker warned that "there are other matters, unrelated to Billy's registration statement, but involving some of the same people," that are going to be probed. One area of investigation could be the contacts the department had with the White House over Billy and Libya. An other could be a search to find out if a Government official tipped off Billy that Justice was about to move on his case...
Despite denials by Billy Carter, it is still uncertain whether or not he attempted to intervene on Libya's behalf to press his brother's Administration to lift the ban on the delivery of eight C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. It is also unclear whether Billy discussed with an arms merchant a possible machine gun deal for Libya. One Justice Department document cites Billy admitting that he was so involved; another has him denying...