papers served on steven and she was very afraid of it. yet was steven violent enough to on kill hkill his wife? and unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against steven sharp. i m here for my mother. his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan sharp painted his father as an angry violent man who terrorized his mother. did you see that abuse? i did. jonathan sharp said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. and now in court, he had even more to tell about his childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a car watching his mother suffer.
suffered seriously difficult moments. one of those was the iran/contra scandal which famously involved the secret sale of weapons to iran, so the foundation could fund their preferred side in nicaragua s civil war. the idea was to get money from iran and possibly the release of u.s. hostages, while also achieving the white house goals in central america. it was a huge scandal at the time, with congressional testimony by lieutenant colonel oliver north. you may know him now as a pundit on cable tv, but at the time, he was right at the center of this epic white house scandal. as part of the unfolding of that monumental tale of possible criminality in the white house, in late february 1987, just days before a devastating congressional report on iran/contra, the white house was beset with infighting between the president s top staffer and the first lady. it was also dealing with a surprise revelation about the dark past of its newly appointed white house communications director. we re sa
was right at the center of this epic white house scandal. as part of the unfolding of that monumental tale of possible criminality in the white house, in late february 1987, just days before a devastating kone inini congressional report on iran/contra, the white house was beset with infighting between the president s top staffer and the first lady. it was also dealing with a surprise revelation about the dark past of its newly lly appod white house communications director. we re saving the best stuff for the last act. reporter: but the president s closest friends are worried that there may never be any best stuff. they re blaming his problems on chief of staff, donald regan. the first lady isn t denying that regan that has hung up the phone on her twice. friends say she is furious with the chief of staff and that her husband knows it. regan was in his usual place today, riding alongside his boss. he told aides he will not resign and blamed others for the latest problem. questions r
feared she might do something violent if she pushed for the divorce, even so she was determined to get away from her husband. she was going to have divorce papers served on steven and she was very afraid of it. yet was steven violent enough to kill his wife an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against steven sharf. his own son took the stand against him, now a businessman, jonathan shar txsharf painted h father as ang angry man who terrorized miz mother. did you see that abuse? i did. he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. she got coffee thrown at her.
leahy, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. millions of americans are encouraged by our country s efforts to create a more inclusive democracy during the last 50 years. but what some of us call the beloved community, a community at peace with itself. the clear majority of americans say they want this to be a fair, just, and open nation. they are afraid this country is headed in the wrong direction. they are concerned that some leaders reject decades of progress and want to return to the dark past. when the power of law was used to deny the freedoms protected by the constitution.