Anonymous ID: 8eadfa June 20, 2020, 11:19 a.m. No.9683777   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3940 >>4194 >>4253

Thomas G. Clines

Iran-Contra

Clines, as well as Oliver North, Edwin Wilson and Richard Secord, were involved in the conspiracy to provide arms to the Contras, and Clines himself as a key player[4] in the web of business operations founded by Secord and Iranian arms dealer Albert Hakim known as the "Enterprise".

 

Trial

On February 22, 1990, Clines was indicted on four felony counts of underreporting to the IRS his earnings from his business enterprises for the 1985 and 1986 tax years by at least $260,000, and failing to disclose on his 1985 and 1986 tax returns that he had foreign overseas bank accounts. The prosecutors were Stuart E. Abrams,Geoffrey S. Bermanand William M. Treanor.[4]

 

On September 18, 1990, Clines was found guilty of all charges.[4] On December 13, 1990, U.S. District Judge Norman P. Ramsey sentenced Clines to 16 months in prison, $40,000 in fines,[4] and Clines was ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, on February 27, 1992, upheld his convictions, and Clines served his prison sentence. Clines is the only Iran-Contra defendant to have served a prison sentence.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Clines

Anonymous ID: 8eadfa June 20, 2020, 11:27 a.m. No.9683862   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, often called the โ€œSovereign District of New Yorkโ€, is known as highly independent and nonpartisan.[31] According to news articles, Berman has continued that tradition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Berman

>According to news articles, Berman has continued that tradition.