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...fellow midshipman that he was gay. Although there was no evidence that Steffan had ever engaged in a homosexual act, a disciplinary board determined that his sexual orientation was reason enough for discharge. Academy officials downgraded Steffan's military performance from A to F, and Steffan was forced to resign...
...those charges by producing portions of his personal diaries unwittingly bred suspicions of other misdeeds: political-favor peddling. His campaign to reseal the diaries gave rise to an overwhelming Senate vote to subpoena the writings. Finally, just as Packwood was coming to the conclusion that he would have to resign, he discovered he had flailed too long. Administration sources say the Justice Department has impaneled a grand jury to begin a criminal investigation into possible ethics violations...
...even if Packwood packs up his political career to avoid further Senate scrutiny, he is likely to remain mired in the Justice inquiry for many months to come. Last Friday rumors swirled that Packwood was set to resign any minute, having hammered out a deal with Senate Republican leaders to exchange his resignation for assurances that no further legal action would be taken against him. By Friday evening there were new reports: Packwood had shelved that plan after he was served with a subpoena on his way to the Senate floor at the behest of the Justice Department's public...
...Senator headed into what many colleagues quietly hoped might be his last weekend in office, Packwood was still insisting that he had no plans to resign. But his isolation was deepening. He risks losing private support for his legal defense, which has already cost $800,000. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Packwood had received 243 donations from officials at some 15 corporations, totaling $275,000. His female accusers, by contrast, have raised only $25,000. Angry consumers then threatened to stop doing business with the offending companies. As those companies, MCI, Eli Lilly and Seagram among them, scrambled to offer...
...misconduct investigation of Bob Packwood, the Oregon Republican. The five-term Senator refused to hand over the diaries, however, and the battle will now move into the federal courts. Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia savaged Packwood in a speech on the Senate floor and called on him to resign...