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Arnold Burns was the Deputy United States Attorney General and Edwin Meese's second in command. He, along with William F. Weld, complained about Edwin Meese to Howard Baker, then Ronald Reagan's chief of staff. Burns and Weld were reportedly frustrated by being undermined and sidestepped in Meese's office regarding investigations of Meese's friends.1

Burns and Weld submitted their resignations to President Ronald Reagan on March 29, 1988, after meeting with Howard Baker. This was part of an unprecedented mass exodus from the United States Department of Justice, signaling a complete loss of faith in the department. Senator Robert Byrd called Meese "the crown jewel of Reagan's sleaze factor" and demanded his resignation.1

Footnotes

  1. Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎