To: James Seagrove who wrote (1064979 ) 4/12/2018 11:42:20 PM From: zzpat Read Replies (9) | Respond to Here are two examples of republican corruption. You won't find this from Democrats.edit ]See also: Reagan administration scandals Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, and private defense contractors. Melvyn Paisley , Assistant Secretary of the Navy , [75] was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pleaded guilty to bribery and served four years in prison. [76] [77] [78] James E. Gaines , Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy , took over when Paisley resigned his office. [79] Gaines was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison. [80] Victor D. Cohen , Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force , was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the government. He was sentenced to 33 months in prison. [81] [82] Housing and Urban Development Scandal was a controversy concerning bribery by selected contractors for low income housing projects. [83] James G. Watt (R) United States Secretary of the Interior 1981–1983, was charged with 25 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. Sentenced to five years probation, fined $5,000 and 500 hours of community service [84] Iran-Contra Affair (1985–1986); A secret sale of arms to Iran, to secure the release of hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras, in violation of the Boland Amendment . [85] Elliott Abrams (R) Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs , convicted of withholding evidence. Given 2 years probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush . [86] Michael Deaver (R) White House Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan 1981–85, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to 3 years probation and fined $100,000 [87] edit ] Watergate (1972–1973) Republican 'bugging' of the Democratic Party National Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel led to a burglary which was discovered. The cover up of the affair by President Richard Nixon (R) and his staff resulted in 69 government officials being charged and 48 pleading guilty, including 7 for actual burglary. Eventually, Nixon resigned his position. [125] John N. Mitchell (R) former United States Attorney General , convicted of perjury. [126] Richard Kleindienst (R) United States Attorney General , convicted of "refusing to answer questions" given one month in jail. H. R. Haldeman (R) White House Chief of Staff , convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. Served 18 months in prison. John Ehrlichman (R) former White House Counsel , convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. Served 18 months in prison. Egil Krogh (R) United States Undersecretary of Transportation , sentenced to six months. John Dean (R) White House Counsel , convicted of obstruction of justice, later reduced to felony offenses and served 4 months. Dwight Chapin (R) Secretary to the President of the United States , convicted of perjury. Charles Colson (R) Special Counsel to the President for Public Liaison , convicted of obstruction of justice. Served 7 months. Spiro Agnew (R) Former Vice President of the United States , convicted of income-tax evasion. [127] Maurice Stans (R) United States Secretary of Commerce , pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the reporting sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act and two counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions and was fined $5,000.(1975) [128]
