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...Seymour said Shultz demonstrated a lack of leadership among public officials to improve ethics...
...that leadership has been evident during the Deaver trial itself, as the third-highest ranking official in the U.S. government willingly and publicly endorsed the honesty of a former high official, charged with perjury, without even bothering to read the indictment or inquire whether the charges had substance," Seymour said in a reference to Shultz's testimony...
Deaver was not charged with violating the ethics law itself. Seymour argued to jurors that Deaver's false testimony "blocked the investigation into that...
During the trial, Seymour charged that Deaver had lied to spare Reagan and his wife, Nancy, any embarrassment from revelations that he was using his White House connections to sign six-figure lobbying contracts...
...statement, Seymour attacked loopholes in the Ethics in Government Act that "serve only to breed cynicism by making `lawful' what otherwise would plainly be improper," Seymour said...