The Nation - News from April 24, 1986
A House subcommittee will investigate ex-White House aide Michael K. Deaver’s role as a lobbyist for Canada, said Michael Barrett, the chief counsel for a House energy and commerce subcommittee. Barrett said the subcommittee will investigate whether Deaver violated conflict-of-interest laws regardless of whether the Justice Department acts. A close aide and friend to President and Mrs. Reagan for 20 years, Deaver left his job as deputy White House chief of staff last May to open his own public relations firm.
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