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Spiro Agnew — Part 14
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Agnew ‘rehabilitation” |
angers his presecutor —
«George Beall, the former
United States attorney who pro-
sécitéd Spiro T. Agnew, is an-
gry-over the former vice presi-
dént’s statements charging the
government’s case against hira
“rested entirely” on the testi-
mony of persons seeking to
savé their own necks.
-’Mr. Beall, who resigned as
prosecutor for Maryland last
spring, characterized Agnew’s
statements last week to the As-
sociated Press.as the start of a
“rehabilitation campaign,” one
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the prosecutors said they fore-
saw after allowing Agnew to
plead no contest to a single
charge of tax evasion and re-
1973.
Mr. Beall said, however,
the prosecutors detailing a pat-
tern of kickbacks accepted by
Agnew while he was Baltimore
county executive, governor and
vice president stands as the
public record of Agnew’s in-
“| volvement.
“I categorically deny ‘the
Thursday after admitting to the
tax evasion count. “Some day
when the various court cases
are over, I'll be able to speak
freely,” he said.
Agnew charged that “the
government’s case for extor-
tion, bribe d conspiracy
rested entirely on the testimony
of individuals who had already
who had been granted partial
immunity in exchange for their
testimony against me.”
that anyone wanting to know
new was should read the 40-
speak out?” Mr. Beall asked.
“How many people will exam-
there.”
Mr. Beall said Agnew’s
statements cast doubt on the
former prosecutor’s abilities as
a lawyer. “It hurts me. It really
depresses me. I try to be as
objective as possible, but I can-
not be,” he said.
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—— SUN PAPERS
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—— BALTIMORE, MD.
Date: 11/3/75
Edition: MORNING FINAT,
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