Word: obstructionism
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With that, Packwood's political nightmare--and the one he had threatened to visit upon his Senate colleagues--was laid to rest. By bowing out now, Packwood spared the Senate the dual anguish of deliberating over the ouster of one of its own members while seeing a huge agenda to...
In Chicago, a jury of seven men and five women found Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds guilty on 12 counts of sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, solicitation of child pornography and obstruction of justice. Translation: he had sex with an underage campaign worker and tried to derail the ensuing investigation. Reynolds...
It took 11 days in jail, the threat of a contempt charge and finally a broad grant of immunity for Beverly Heard to testify against Congressman Mel Reynolds at his sexual-misconduct and obstruction-of-justice trial. Once on the stand, Heard took back a previous recantation and testified that...
Prosecutors hoping that tapes of lewd phone conversations between U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds and Beverly Heard would cinch their case were thrown off when the 18-year old girl invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions. Her attorney explained her actions by citing worries that Heard's testimony...
Who wouldn't go crazy with a doctor who doesn't know the difference between obstruction and obstetrics, or the epidermis and an epidural?!