Judge Consolidates Secord Charges Into a 12-Count Package
U.S. District Judge Aubrey Robinson today consolidated two sets of indictments against former Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord into a 12-count package of charges stemming from the Iran-Contra scandal.
The government, which asked for the consolidation of the charges, is expected to ask Robinson to dismiss three other counts.
Secord, who worked closely with fired White House aide Oliver L. North in establishing a private aid network for the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, was indicted in March, 1988, on six counts. He was reindicted earlier this year on nine other counts, including seven counts of perjury, one count of obstructing the congressional probe of the scandal and one count of making false statements.
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