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- É NATION, Page 29American NotesHUD SCANDALPursuing Sam, Naming Jesse
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- Many members of Congress were furious last year when former
- HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce stonewalled his way through
- hearings on influence peddling and favoritism at his agency.
- Last week, bowing to Democratic pressure, Attorney General Dick
- Thornburgh recommended the appointment of an independent
- counsel to investigate Pierce's role in awarding millions of
- dollars in contracts to associates of top Republicans. But
- Thornburgh did Pierce a favor: he limited the inquiry to
- moderate-income housing contracts and refused to examine
- whether Pierce lied at the hearings.
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- Efforts to clean up HUD also ensnared a Democrat last week.
- Agency officials said Jesse Jackson bombarded them for months
- with calls on behalf of developer A. Bruce Rozet, a key Jackson
- fund raiser. To no avail: Rozet, who had grown rich on
- Government contracts, was barred from receiving more. Meanwhile
- HUD is examining why his tenants were allegedly left "to live
- like rats."
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