their crimes included destroying federal documents. and lying to congress. but in the end, none of it would stick. appeals court over turned their convictions. totally exonerated. fully and completely. the legal after math of iran contra reached well beyond reagans tenure and deep into george hw bush. on christmas eve 1992, president bush with only weeks left in office, pardoned mcfar land and wine burger. the invest lasted six years and seven months. no one at the core of the national security team was ever held responsible for committing a crime. i cannot recall a public proceeding of any kind in my political lifetime that was more
war in nicaragua. the president was spared retribution. but if reagan was not to be held accountable, who would be? about 13 charges of obstruction of investigation and false statements. the task fell to an independent counsel. lawrence walsh brought charges against mcfar land. oliver north. and nine others. fawn hall was not charged. nobody really believes these people intended to be criminals. it reeks of politics. i have to believe that they re going to be found innocent. because i don t think they were guilty of law breaking or crime. the court of law disagreed. four years after beginning his investigation, the independent counsel won guilty verdicts against north and poindexter.
such as the muslim ban and what have. however, he really was just generating too much controversy. there was a lot of heat on him for some past issues or some work that he had done in the past. so it looks like he is moving out as you said he really was generating too much controversy. at least that s what an administration official is telling our jim acosta. this comes at a time when we ve seen as i said general flynn leave as an national security adviser. very likely to see mcfar land as well who is a deputy national security adviser, she going to leave and now sebastian gorka is leaving, too. seeing a settling of the trump administration when it comes to national security. he was a foreman member of brightbart. what does this mean for the white house and all those intrigue questions we had in the recent days especially, you know, when steve bannon? yeah, no doubt. there has been a lot of talk now about nationalism versus
anthony was going to be head of the office of public liaison. then nope. jason miller was going to be white house communications director. then nope. the nominee for deputy secretary of commerce, todd rickets. he with drew his name just last week. monica crowley was going to be national security advisor. nope. mcfar land, she did get to be security advisor for a while but she s soon to be out now as well. the digital advisor, hello, we barely knew you. bye bye. boris, i have to say it has been a secret delight to me that the white house has had on the communications staff, a russian guy named boris during this whole controversy over the trump campaign s russia connections but boris they let go last month. deputy white house chief of staff is a huge job. katie walsh deputy white house chief of staff. she fled in march as well. and there are more.
vincent viola, he pull out. the nominee for labor secretary, he pulled out. the nominee for navy secretary. he pulled out. anthony was going to be head of the office of public liaison. then nope. jason miller was going to be white house communications director. then nope. the nominee for deputy secretary of commerce, todd rickets. he where do you his name last week. monica crowley was going to be national security advisor. then nope. another person from fox news, mcfar land, she did get to be security advisor for a while but she s soon to be out now as well. white house chief digit adviser, hello, we barely knew you. bye bye. boris, i have to say it has been a secret delight to me that the white house has had on the communications staff, a russian guy named boris during this whole controversy over the trump campaign s russia connections but boris they let go last month.