The Nation - News from May 27, 1988
Assistant Atty. Gen. Charles J. Cooper, an influential and trusted adviser to Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III, is having job discussions with private law firms and is expected to announce his resignation soon, department sources told the Washington Post. The sources said he plans to announce his resignation before independent counsel James C. McKay, who has been investigating Meese, releases his report next month. Cooper, 36, has reportedly been planning to leave the department for some time.
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