Word: probe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...together a powerful team. On the other hand, he is well qualified to advise Reagan on how to cope with congressional investigations into a White House scandal. As a member of the Senate Watergate committee in 1973, Baker coined the question about Richard Nixon that came to dominate that probe: "What did the President know and when did he know...
...first came from Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, whose attorneys filed suit in U.S. District Court to stop Walsh's probe. Their argument: the broad mandate given to the court-appointed special prosecutor is a violation of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers. A day later, attorneys for former Reagan Aide Michael Deaver, under investigation for his lobbying activities after his departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words...
Though North's suit has not interrupted Walsh's probe, Deaver won at least a temporary victory. Seymour was ready to ask a grand jury to indict Deaver on four counts of perjury stemming from his testimony before a House subcommittee and grand jury last year. As a courtesy, Seymour telephoned Deaver's attorneys on Tuesday to inform them of the impending indictments. But Deaver's lawyers, led by former Nixon Attorney Herbert ("Jack") Miller, beat Seymour to the courthouse the following morning. After hearing their arguments, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued an order blocking any indictments until...
...more beleaguered firm appears to be Drexel Burnham, the investment house with close ties to Boesky. Wall Street is restlessly waiting for the results of an SEC probe and a reported grand jury investigation into Drexel's activities, among them the highly profitable operation run by Michael Milken, the junk-bond guru. Even though no charges have been filed against Drexel, rumors have proliferated among competing firms that Drexel could conceivably face fines running into the hundreds of millions of dollars if its staff is found to have committed widespread insider trading...
...three-man commission, headed by former Republican Senator John Tower of Texas, was appointed by Reagan to look into the operations of the National Security Council. But to the consternation of the White House, the commission has broadened the scope of its inquiry to probe a wide variety of questions stemming from the arms deals with Iran and covert efforts to support the Nicaraguan contras. Among the disclosures that preceded the report's release...