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WhiteHouseIndictments_051026.sPubDate = "10/26/2005 3:09:35 PM GMT";
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WhiteHouseIndictments_051026.appHeader = "fact file|White House staff indictments";
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026.appDeck = "A brief history of indictments in recent administrations:";
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026.appFooter = "Sources: Associated Press archives; Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.";
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WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","Raymond J. Donovan, September 1984","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "The only sitting Cabinet member in recent history to be indicted while in office was Raymond J. Donovan, President Reagan’s labor secretary. In September 1984, Donovan was indicted along with several others, accused of grand larceny in his co-ownership of a construction firm. After going on unpaid leave in October, Donovan resigned in March 1985. In 1987, a jury acquitted Donovan and his co-defendants.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","David H. Safavian, October 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In October 2005, David H. Safavian, the top procurement official for President Bush, resigned. Three days later, he was arrested and indicted on five felony counts connected to criminal investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. At the time the indictment covered, from May 2002 to January 2004, Safavian had been serving as the chief of staff at the General Services Administration. Case pending.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","Henry G. Cisneros , November 1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In November 1996, Henry G. Cisneros resigned from his position as President Clinton’s housing secretary. In December 1997, he was indicted on 18 counts of conspiracy, obstruction and lying to the FBI. Cisneros pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in 1999 and was fined $10,000.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","Mike Espy, December 1994","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In December 1994, Mike Espy resigned from his position as Clinton’s agriculture secretary. In August 1997, Espy was indicted on 39 corruption counts in allegations that he had received financial gifts from Tyson Foods Inc., one of the companies his department regulated. In December 1998 Espy was acquitted on all counts.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","Billy R. Dale, May 1993","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In May 1993, White House travel office chief Billy R. Dale and his entire staff were fired by the Clinton administration. Dale was indicted in December 1994 on two counts of embezzlement and conversion after a grand jury said he pocketed up to $68,000 from media organizations traveling with the president. Dale was acquitted of all charges in November 1995.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array(""," John M. Poindexter, November 1986","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In November 1986, John M. Poindexter resigned from his post as national security adviser to President Reagan. In March 1988, Poindexter and three others were indicted in relation to the Iran-Contra affair. Poindexter was charged with two additional counts of obstructing Congress and two counts of making false statements. He was convicted in 1990, but the charges were overturned the following year.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","Thomas C. Reed, August 1984","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In 1983, Thomas C. Reed resigned from the Reagan administration after working as a presidential assistant under National Security Adviser William P. Clark. In August 1984, he was indicted on four counts related to alleged illegal stock trading. He was acquitted in 1985.";

WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i++] = new Array("","H.R. Haldeman, March 1974","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
WhiteHouseIndictments_051026[i-1].body = "In April 1973, President Nixon forced White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman, domestic affairs counsel John Ehrlichman and five other staff members to resign. In March 1974, they were indicted in connection with the Watergate cover-up. Along with several others found guilty, both Haldeman and Ehrlichman were convicted in 1975 and sentenced to 18 months in prison.<br>";

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