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  2. Scandals of the Ronald Reagan administration - Wikipedia

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    The most well-known and politically damaging of the scandals since Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair came to light in 1986 when Ronald Reagan conceded that the United States had sold weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of a largely unsuccessful effort to secure the release of six U.S. citizens being held hostage in Lebanon.

  3. Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia

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    The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking to Iran between 1981 to 1986, facilitated by senior officials of the Ronald Reagan administration.

  4. Category:Reagan administration controversies - Wikipedia

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    Controversies related to the political administration of President Ronald Reagan (1981 – 1989). See also the preceding Category:Carter administration controversies and the succeeding Category:George H. W. Bush administration controversies

  5. Biggest Political Scandals in U.S. History

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    In the end, one conviction was overturned on a technicality, and President George H.W. Bush (Reagan’s vice president) issued six pardons to officials involved in the scandal. While Reagan was ...

  6. List of federal political scandals in the United States

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    Sewergate was a scandal in which funds from the EPA were selectively used for projects which would aid politicians friendly to the Reagan administration. Anne Gorsuch Burford , Head of the EPA, cut the EPA staff by 22% and refused to turn over documents to Congress about withholding funds, citing presidential " executive privilege ", [ 325 ...

  7. CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking - Wikipedia

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    On April 17, 1986, the Reagan administration released a three-page report stating that there were some Contra-cocaine connections in 1984 and 1985, and that these connections occurred at a time when the rebels were "particularly hard pressed for financial support" because aid from the United States had been cut off. [13]

  8. Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

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    In 1986, during Reagan’s second term, the public learned that his administration had authorized secret arms sales to Iran while seeking Iranian aid in freeing American hostages held in Lebanon.

  9. Opinion - What Trump and DOGE can learn from Reagan’s ... - AOL

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    Those involved in DOGE can learn much from the Reagan administration’s successes and failures. A newly elected president can accomplish a lot during the honeymoon period. But to have a larger ...