![]() ![]() Ronald Reagan voiced support for Meese as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the US Justice Department. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, was his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department. Jeffrey Clark (Fulton County Jail), Edwin Meese (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The 91-year-old former attorney general of the United States during the Ronald Reagan administration chimed in Saturday on the Georgia racketeering (RICO) prosecution of former DOJ assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark, calling the. Meese described this as 'full vindication.' It was during this tenure that D. The report of special prosecutor James McKay cleared Meese of criminal wrongdoing, but criticized him for ethical lapses, especially regarding bribes to Israel not to attack an Iraqi oil pipeline which benefited associates of the Attorney General. ![]() Meese became Attorney General in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the Wedtech scandal. He attended the 1984 Washington Conference on International Terrorism. Meese was aware of, but sworn to secrecy about the Arms-to-Iraq arms deals. ![]() Duncan, the former Special Operations Coordinator for the Southeast Region of the Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue Service gave a deposition that he had received information that Barry Seal had "directly" given Edwin Meese a "several hundred thousand dollar bribe". ![]()
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