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Monday, October 3, 2005 |
Guardian: "Baroness Thatcher has been questioned as part of a US corruption investigation into one of the Republican party's most senior congressmen, it emerged today.
She was contacted by the Metropolitan police at the request of US authorities investigating congressman Tom DeLay, who she met while he was on a trip to London in May 2000.
The former prime minister's spokesman said she had not been paid for meeting Mr DeLay, and added that it was normal for her to have courtesy calls with visiting members of the US Congress.
The US justice department is investigating allegations that members of Congress received free luxury foreign holidays in return for seeking to influence legislation.
Mr DeLay has denied that the £40,000 trip to London in 2000 was improperly paid for by a lobbyist."
Mirror: "A document linking Margaret Thatcher to a US corruption probe is so explosive civil servants have been asked to ensure it remains 'sealed'."
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© Copyright 2005 Hetty Litjens.
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