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...comment." Once an anonymous deputy counsel in the Reagan White House whose only attempt at flash was his vanity license plate WH LAW, Stephens is now a rising Republican star. After numerous press interviews about Barry's arrest, he took to the Sunday TV circuit to explain why his sting operation was a triumph...
Time and time again, rumors about drug abuse had brought Washington Mayor Marion Barry to the brink of political and personal disaster. Every time, he managed to dance back from the edge. Last week Barry's lucky streak finally ended. An elaborate law-enforcement sting in a downtown hotel caught the mayor allegedly buying and smoking crack cocaine, a misdemeanor charge that could result in a one-year jail term and a $100,000 fine. It might also spell the end of Barry's political career. Said political analyst Mark Plotkin: "If Barry can recover from this episode, he really...
Barry's best hope to beat the charges is to argue that the Government entrapped him by enticing him to use cocaine. U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens, however, claims the sting was "scrupulously fair" and there is evidence that Barry was "predisposed" to obtain the crack. At the very least, Barry's credibility has suffered a crippling blow that could be exploited by his political opponents. Four Democrats have already declared their candidacy. If Barry runs and gets past them, he faces a formidable challenge from Republican Maurice Turner, a popular former police chief...
Barry, 53, was arrested Thursday evening at a downtown hotel in an FBI sting operation. He now faces a misdemeanor cocaine possession charge after testing positive for cocaine in blood and urine tests administered following his arrest...
...federal law enforcement source who asked not to be identified said the arrest was the result of a "sting" operation in which FBI agents kept under observation a prearranged meeting between the mayor and an unidentified friend in a downtown hotel, the Vista International, about six blocks from the White House...