bripat9643
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A perfect example of the ridiculus, spitefull baseless charges the left uses to destroy Republicans they hate.Trump will try to pardon like Reagan / Bush did to avoid IranāContra arrest.
Caspar Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States Hawk and TOW missiles to Iran during the IranāContra affair. This resulted in scandal and several investigations which resulted in fourteen administration officials being indicted, including Caspar Weinberger who resigned before trial. Following his resignation as Secretary of Defense, legal proceedings against him were brought by Independent Counsel. A federal grand jury then indicted Weinberger on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Prosecutors brought an additional indictment in 1992. It cited a Weinberger diary entry contradicting a claim made by President George H. W. Bush. The charge was dismissed because of statute of limitations and improperly broadened the original charges. Before he could be tried on the original charges, Weinberger received a pardon from President Bush, who was Reagan's Vice President during the scandal.
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