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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...
...face, the idea was ludicrous. Why would anyone send the Attorney General of the U.S. a memo suggesting, in effect, that a crime should be committed? Yet reports surfaced last week that such a note had been sent to Edwin Meese in 1985, shortly after he became the nation's top law enforcement officer. The suggestion allegedly came from E. Robert Wallach, a Meese friend and his former personal attorney. The purported proposal: that a bribe be paid to an Israeli official, perhaps Prime Minister Shimon Peres or his Labor Party, to ensure that Israel would not sabotage a proposed...
First published in the Los Angeles Times, the reports contended that Meese "did nothing" after receiving the memo. The Times also stated that the alleged note had become the "primary focus" of an investigation by Independent Counsel James McKay into possible criminal activity by Meese. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act forbids any U.S. citizen or firm from bribing a foreign official for business purposes...
When asked about the reports, McKay said cryptically that "we have been investigating this matter for some time." But he refused to confirm whether he had the alleged memo. Nathan Lewin, an attorney representing Meese in the ongoing probe, termed the allegation "reprehensible" and "false in important respects." Lewin declared that "no actual or potential violation of law was brought to Mr. Meese's attention during his limited participation in discussions regarding the project." He too declined to say whether there was such a memo...