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...jury acquitted Nofziger of another illegal lobbying charge involving Wedtech, clearing Bragg of a charge he aided and abetted that contact...
Nofziger was convicted of appealing to then-presidential counselor Edwin Meese III in an April 8, 1982, memo for help getting Wedtech Corp. a $32 million no-bid Army contract...
...memo suggested that Meese, now attorney general, enlist top administration officials, including Reagan himself, to persuade the Army to give Wedtech the engine contract...
...that charge, the defense denied that Nofziger signed a May 28, 1982, letter to Meese's deputy, James E. Jenkins, about Wedtech and suggested the signature had been forged by former Wedtech lobbyist Stephen Denlinger...
...Francisco, had often boasted of his influence in Washington, claiming that "I'm Meese's boy." He was indicted on various charges, including fraud, in December by a federal grand jury in Manhattan. One accusation: he took illegal payments for trying to influence Meese in winning military contracts for Wedtech, the bankrupt New York manufacturing firm. That was trouble enough for the beleaguered Attorney General, who has appeared five times before McKay's grand jury. On Friday McKay visited the White House to tell senior officials that his investigation of Meese had grown more serious...