Word: shannon
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...Keverian is the one who is responsible for this," Shannon said. "The speaker has repeatedly communicated to me both directly through his staff and through members of the Legislature his unhappiness that there was and is an ongoing grand jury investigation of his office...
BOSTON--State Attorney General James Shannon lashed out at House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) and the Massachusetts House yesterday, saying his ethics bill and a corruption probe into the speaker's office led House leaders to cut his budget...
...attack drew an angry response from Keverian and a demand for an apology. Keverian called Shannon's charges "grossly unfair" and suggested that Shannon himself may be smarting from criticism that he has failed to investigate aggressively corruption allegations against Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston...
...whirlwind day of charges and countercharges between two powerful Democrats on Beacon Hill began with a morning news conference in Shannon's office. Using unusually blunt and harsh language, a visibly angry Shannon said "people in [Keverian's] office...at various points made it difficult" for his investigators to proceed...
...There is no question in my mind that what brought this about was the indictments," Shannon told reporters summoned to his office overlooking the Statehouse...