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...same time that his accusers say he was depleting the tribal treasury, MacDonald was considerably improving his own financial state, supplementing his $55,000-a-year salary with lavish "gifts" from outside contractors. His critics did not call him "MacDollar" for nothing. Testifying under immunity before the Senate committee, MacDonald's son Peter Jr. said that when his father needed cash, he would call a benefactor and ask for "golf balls," MacDonald Sr.'s code word for $1,000 cash payments. MacDonald Jr. would then collect the bribe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting Down the Tribe | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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