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In reply to the discussion: Steve Bannon says he's willing to testify before January 6 committee after Trump waives claims of ex [View all]stevebreeze
(1,877 posts)This is what Bannon is aiming for.
"A Federal judge dropped all charges today against Oliver L. North, bringing to an abrupt end the five-year prosecution of the former National Security Council aide that was the most celebrated and hotly contested legal battle of the Iran-contra affair.
"This terminates the case," Judge Gerhard A. Gesell said at a brief hearing in United States District Court. He ruled after Lawrence E. Walsh, the Iran-contra independent prosecutor, said he would abandon the prosecution of Mr. North, a former Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Mr. Walsh said prosecutors probably would be unable to show that the trial testimony used to convict Mr. North had not been affected by testimony Mr. North had given to Congress under immunity."
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/17/us/judge-in-iran-contra-trial-drops-case-against-north-after-prosecutor-gives-up.html