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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
tags:
- Person
- Attorney
- PROMIS
- DoJ
- Lawyer
- Death
- Investigation
- October Surprise
- INSLAW
- Government
- Washington DC
summary: "On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to Janet Reno, the Attorney General, claiming that holdover DOJ employees from the Reagan-Bush era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President Bill Clinton."
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[[Paul Wilcher]] was a Washington D.C. attorney who investigated the [[October Surprise]] incident based on the claims of his client, [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]]. He was also investigating possible government involvement in a variety of questionable activities, including the [[INSLAW]] case, with his research leading him into areas that [[Danny Casolaro]] had covered earlier.[^1]
On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to [[Janet Reno]], the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], claiming that holdover [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] employees from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George Bush|Bush]] era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President [[Bill Clinton]]. On or about June 11, Wilcher was interviewed by [[Carl Stern]], her public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter.[^1]
On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to [[Janet Reno]], the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], claiming that holdover [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] employees from the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H.W. Bush|Bush]] era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President [[Bill Clinton]]. On or about June 11, Wilcher was interviewed by [[Carl Stern]], her public relations man, regarding the contents of the letter.[^1]
After days of not hearing from him, worried friends contacted the police, who found his decomposing body propped on a toilet in his apartment on June 23, 1993. [[Sarah McClendon]], a [[White House]] correspondent and close friend of Wilcher, wrote that Wilcher believed [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]] to be a political prisoner, persecuted because he allegedly flew former President [[George Bush]] to [[Paris]] to meet with leading Iranians to make a deal to supply [[Iran]] with weapons in exchange for keeping American hostages until after the November election, ensuring [[Ronald Reagan]]'s victory.[^1]
After days of not hearing from him, worried friends contacted the police, who found his decomposing body propped on a toilet in his apartment on June 23, 1993. [[Sarah McClendon]], a [[White House]] correspondent and close friend of Wilcher, wrote that Wilcher believed [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]] to be a political prisoner, persecuted because he allegedly flew former President [[George H.W. Bush]] to [[Paris]] to meet with leading Iranians to make a deal to supply [[Iran]] with weapons in exchange for keeping American hostages until after the November election, ensuring [[Ronald Reagan]]'s victory.[^1]
Wilcher was working daily for Russbacher and wanted to ask [[Janet Reno]] to grant immunity from prosecution to Russbacher so he could testify about activities inside the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. McClendon concluded that Wilcher was a "casualty of good citizenship and patriotism." She attempted to obtain his papers and tapes, but his family took them away.[^1]