Word: probed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...funds in 1985 to throw a party for Judge Hayes when he ascended to the high court. But after investigating, state authorities accused Wheel of falsifying pay vouchers. She has also been indicted for lying under oath. She denies all charges. Hill and Hayes allegedly tried to influence the probe into her actions. Furthermore, according to the judicial-conduct board, at the party in question Hayes made "improper advances" to a court employee, who rebuffed him; later he sought, with Hill's help, to have the employee fired...
...rarely has any ball club been hit as hard as Philadelphia's judicial team was this month. Faced by a truly daunting schedule of cases, it saw 15 of its 105 judges temporarily cleaned off the bench by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as a result of a federal probe into cash gifts by a local union. The cut may represent the largest number of trial-court judges ever suspended at one time...
...likelihood the commission's new data will overshadow its recommendations on improving the NSC operation. The probe back through history has shown that the system has worked pretty well, according to one participant. "There have been screw-ups in every Administration," says this fellow. "In the end it comes down to people. Good people make it work. Get bad people and it fails...
Leaks are to Washington as cars are to Detroit. "Unauthorized disclosures" are the capital's chief commodity, and recently the city has had to cope with a surplus. Before the Senate Intelligence Committee managed to finish its probe of the Iran-contra affair last month, several versions of its report got into circulation prematurely. Minnesota's David Durenberger, the ranking Republican, even slipped the findings to Ronald Reagan; word of that indiscretion also leaked, provoking a minor uproar...
...Myerson's political star dimmed considerably as she found herself embroiled in the scandals that have rocked New York over the past year. In a statement, Myerson, 62, announced that she is taking a 90-day unpaid leave from her $83,000-a-year job during a special city probe of her activities. Myerson also disclosed that she is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into the activities of her companion, City Contractor Carl Capasso. Capasso, 41, was indicted the next day on charges that he evaded paying $774,600 in corporate and personal taxes...