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Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 49 investigation at Hanrahan’s request and ordered Mul- chrone to supervise the proceedings. Mulchrone admit- ted that the purpose of the investigation was not to test the veracity of the raiders’ stories, but to prevent the emergence of contradictory testimony. Meade designed the perfunctory questions and supplied the uniform answers for the inquiry. Accordingly, the facts were sufficient to include Meade and Mulchrone in a post-raid conspiracy charge. Plaintiffs did not present a prima facie case for conspiratorial liability against Ervanian, Kukowinski, Sorosky, and Meltreger. A reasonable jury might find, however, that these defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1986. Section 1986 provides: Every person who, having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned in section 1985 of this title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same, neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act be committed, shall be liable to the party injured, or his legal representa- tives, for all damages caused by such wrongful act, which such person by reasonable diligence could have prevented; and such damages may be recov- ered in an action on the case; and any number of persons guilty of such wrongful neglect or refusal may be joined as defendants in the action. Ervanian and Kukowinski, who normally conducted IID investigations, were replaced for the Hampton investi- gation. They were aware of and later acknowledged the irregular character of the investigation. Although they were not active participants in the “whitewash,” they took no steps to correct it. Similarly, plaintiffs presented no evidence that Assistant State’s Attorneys Sorosky and Meltreger participated in the preparation for the perfunctory interrogation of the raiders. Prior to this examination, however, they were shown the questions and answers which had been prepared for the raiders, and Sorosky, with Jalovec, met with the raiders immediately before their interviews. And, like Ervanian