The Nation - News from Dec. 16, 1987
U.S. District Judge Robert E. Keeton, presiding over the conspiracy trial of Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., six aides and five of his political organizations, refused to dismiss eight jurors who know a former LaRouche aide was convicted on a related charge. However, Keeton agreed to a defense request to postpone opening statements a day until Thursday. The defendants are charged with conspiring to obstruct a federal grand jury probe of alleged credit card and loan fraud by followers of LaRouche.
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