P.M. BRIEFING : Witness to Talk in Bush Hearing
A former board member of the failed Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Assn. who refused to testify at Neil Bush’s conflict-of-interest hearing has changed his mind and will testify Thursday, officials said today.
Florian Barth was to have been the third witness at the Office of Thrift Supervision hearing that opened Tuesday, but he refused to appear.
Today, government counsel Stephen Hershkowitz told Administrative Law Judge Daniel J. Davidson that Barth had decided to testify. Davidson on Tuesday had said he would sign a subpoena to force Barth’s appearance if he did not appear voluntarily.
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