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...proceeds from the 1985 sales were invested for the Meeses by the attorney general's financial manager, W. Franklyn Chinn, who is currently under indictment for alleged racketeering in the Wedtech scandal. Meese had been referred to Chinn by Meese's longtime friend, E. Robert Wallach, who also figures prominently in the report...
After months of high drama and low comedy, marked by recurrent accusations of impropriety and the highly publicized defections of several top Justice Department officials, Meese's announcement was something of an anticlimax. As soon as the Attorney General's name began to crop up in the Wedtech scandal 15 months ago, cries for Meese's resignation were as regular as congressional quorum calls. During the ensuing months, Meese became a cumbrous liability for the presidential campaign of George Bush and a living symbol of what Democrats like to call the "sleaze factor...
...elect to indict, his report is expected to cite a number of examples of questionable ethical conduct by the Attorney General. Among them: his relationship to San Francisco Lawyer E. Robert Wallach, who has been indicted on influence-peddling charges; assistance Meese gave to the New York City-based Wedtech Corp., which helped the company win a $32 million Government contract; a financial partnership that Meese had with W. Franklyn Chinn, in which the Attorney General earned an 80% profit in 18 months; and his connection to a plan to make secret payments to Israeli officials in return for their...
...Meese. As a top White House aide and later as Attorney General, Meese had no constituents; he "represents" the entire nation. By no stretch of the imagination could his attempts to help Wallach push the building of an Iraqi oil pipeline and win Government contracts for the scandal-scarred Wedtech company be considered part of his duty...
...best position to pressure foreign leaders. When other U.S. officials have asked Mexico, for example, to get tougher on its officials accused of drug corruption, the response has been disconcerting. After citing Meese's problems, some Mexican diplomats have added with a sardonic smile, "It's like Wedtech. These cases are very difficult to make...