The Nation : Presser Denied Prosecution Documents

Teamsters Union President Jackie Presser was dealt a setback in a federal appeals court ruling in Cleveland that denies him access to government documents compiled by federal prosecutors in their case against him. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a U.S. District Court ruling that granted Presser access to the documents containing possible evidence that a payroll-padding scheme at a Teamsters local in Cleveland was authorized by the FBI. Presser and Cleveland local union officials Harold Friedman and Anthony Hughes were indicted May, 1986, on charges of embezzling $700,000 in the scheme. They allegedly hired ghost employees who performed no work. The trial is to start July 12.