FBI Director Sessions fired over ethics charges

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Pres Clinton fired FBI director Sessions Jul 19, 1993, because of ethics violations documented in a report released in Jan 1993. Sessions, who denied all wrongdoing, refused to resign. On Jul 20, 1993 Clinton picked Judge Louis J. Freeh to replace Sessions. Freeh received bipartisan support.

Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1993
Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sessions, William S., Freeh, Louis J.

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AIDS co-discoverer faces new charges

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Pres Bush officially refused a request by the French government for a larger share of royalties from a blood test for HIV. The disagreement over the royalties started in part from allegations that Robert Gallo, the American codiscoverer of the test, had committed fraud in his research.

Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1992
Research, Diagnosis, Ethical aspects, AIDS (Disease), Gallo, Robert C.

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New charges in billion-dollar scandal

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New charges were filed on Dec 2, 1992, against a former Indian government employee in a financial scandal resulting from a loss of approximately $1.25 billion in Indian overseas investments. The scandal has so far cost the jobs of three Indian cabinet-level officials.

Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.
Publication Name: Facts on File
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0014-6641
Year: 1992
Cases, India, Political corruption, Public officers, Government officials

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