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4. there were at least a few convictions for iran-contra.

Reply to HughBeaumont (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:01 PM

Mar 2017

a couple were thrown out on appeal and most of the rest (including some before prior to conviction) were pardoned in poppy's last days as president, but a small number stuck.

but yeah, not many criminal convictions likely here.

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I fully expect Putingate 2016 . . . . [View all] HughBeaumont Mar 2017 OP

yes go for it gopiscrap Mar 2017 #1

From your keyboard to God's monitor meow2u3 Mar 2017 #2

I wish I lived in an era where the powerful were taken to task. HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #3

there were at least a few convictions for iran-contra. unblock Mar 2017 #4

True, but they were relative wrist-slaps considering the magnitude of the crime. HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #5