Number of Reagan
administration era convictions in the Iran-contra
scandal: 14 (two overturned on appeal).
Number of Reagan officials convicted for illegal
lobbying: 2 (Michael Deaver; Lyn Nofziger, overturned on
appeal).
Number of Reagan officials convicted in Housing and
Urban Development scandal: 16.
Total number Reagan era convictions: 32 (the number
cited in the strip -- 29 -- arrived at by subtracting
the 3 overturned cases).
In addition, Bush [Reagan's
vice-president who later became president] pardoned Reagan's
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, indicted on 5
charges.
Moreover, the record of actual
convictions doesn't tell the whole story. Over 30
additional Reagan appointees resigned or were fired
following charges of legal or ethical misconduct,
including Secretary of Interior James Watt, Secretary of
Interior Raymond Donovan, CIA Director William Casey and
EPA Administrator Anne Burford. Many dozens more were
investigated.
Contrast this to:
Number of Clinton officials indicted or convicted in
Whitewater, Travel Office, FBI files, Monica Lewinsky,
Bruce Babbit, Michael Espy investigations: 0
Asst. Attorney-General Webster Hubbell was convicted of
embezzlement, a crime he committed before joining
Clinton Administration.
