The Nation - News from April 28, 1985
Federal prosecutors refused to seek an indictment against former Labor Department Chief of Staff Daniel Benjamin, who had been accused of a conflict of interest after borrowing a lobbyist’s 30-foot sailboat for four days. The department said that no wrongdoing occurred because Benjamin compensated James McKevitt, lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Businesses, with unpaid labor and did not discuss government business with him.
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