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...three weeks, the FBI has been investigating allegations that White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan snorted cocaine at New York City's Studio 54 in 1978. The charges were made by Disco Owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who are under indictment for income tax evasion. Last week one of their associates sent investigators off in a new direction, across the country to California. This time the allegation is that Jordan attended two parties in Beverly Hills in October 1977 at which cocaine was used...
Jordan flatly denied using cocaine at the California parties, as he had denied using the drug at Studio 54. Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell protested the "smears" Complained Powell: "Any time someone makes a charge against Hamilton, the FBI's got to investigate it; then it gets headlines and Hamilton's career is ruined...
Such Carter aides as Hamilton Jordan, Tim Kraft and Evan Dobelle have floated rumors that Carter is seeking a new vice presidential candidate. Leaders of a few groups, including labor unions, have been sounded out for their reactions to such substitutes as Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso, New York Governor Hugh Carey or New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. "I don't know if they meant it seriously, or as a ploy for support," said one union staff member, "but the approach sure was unmistakable...
...Hamilton Jordan really snort cocaine on that 1978 visit to Manhattan's far-out Studio 54? The possibility is growing stronger that a special prosecutor will have to be appointed to investigate the evening's entertainment enjoyed by the White House chief of staff. Under the stringent provisions of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, there may be no other way to determine whether it is Jordan or his accusers who are telling the truth...
...Studio 54 when I ran into Hamilton Jordan ... He said he wanted to see where all the action was, where the famous basement caves were and if he could obtain some cocaine ... Shortly thereafter Steve Rubell appeared, whom I proceeded to introduce to Ham and his lady friends. A young man who is referred to as Johnny C and whom I know by sight and reputation as the man who always seems to put his fingers on such items as Ham had requested, suddenly appeared...