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HUD PROJECTS-Continued

Westminster Park Apartments, Taylor, Michigan-Continued
See also Southland Apartments, funding documents.
Woodscape Apartments, Lubbock, Texas; see Coinsurance Program.
NON-HUD PROJECTS:

Hungary, Joint Venture, Battle Fowler:

March 21, 1986 letter to John C. Whitehead from Samuel R. Pierce re
attached March 19, 1986 letter to Samuel R. Pierce from Theodore
W. Kheel, Battle, Fowler, Jaffin & Kheel re joint venture in Buda-
pest....

The Related Companies and U.S. Postal Service:

August 1, 1984 letter to Samuel R. Pierce from Martin L. Edelman,
Battle, Fowler, Jaffin & Kheel re The Related Companies and the
U.S. Postal Service

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349

351

August 13, 1984 letter to Martin Edelman from Starr Eckert, Confi-
dential Assistant to Samuel R. Pierce re meeting with the Postmas-
ter General.

353

INDIVIDUALS:

Philip Abrams, Award for Excellence:

February 21, 1985 letter to Philip Abrams from Deborah Dean re
Secretary's Award for Excellence.......

354

Fred Brown:

July 6, 1984 letter to Fred Brown, President, New York State Council
of Black Republicans from Samuel R. Pierce re Reagan-Bush Cam-
paign....

356

Gerald Carmen:

Thomas D. Casey:

September 7, (1988) phone message for Samuel R. Pierce from Gerald
Carmen re Town and Garden Apartments in Chicago.........

357

March 16, 1985 letter to Deborah (Dean) from Thomas D. Casey re
"Hamburger Hamlet".

358

April 22, 1986 note to Tom Casey from Deborah Dean re "Pachyderm
Connection Spring Event"

359

August 15, 1989 interview with Thomas D. Casey, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity conducted by HUD Inspector General with attachments ................. Thomas T. Demery:

Hector Irastorza:

360

March 7, 1987 "Background Sketch of Invitees" from Tom Demery
diskettes..

380

May 9, 1986 "Extension of Detail" request for HUD employee Hector
Irastorza to the Office of the Vice President...

381

June 9, 1986 letter to Samuel R. Pierce from Vice President George
Bush re Hector Irastorza followed by January 17, 1986 list of White
House detailees......

382

July 31, 1989 anonymous letter to Hon. Lantos re Joseph Monticciolo. Lynda Murphy:

Joseph Strauss:

August 11, 1986 memo to Deborah Dean from Jim Walker re Hector Irastorza with referenced July 16, 1986 letter to Mary N. Rose, White House Office of Personnel from Deborah Dean attached......... Joseph Monticciolo:

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386

March 28, 1986 note to Lynda Murphy from Deborah Dean with
attached list of coinsurance projects in default..

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February 7, 1984 letter to David White from Deborah Dean re shar-
ing a beach house with Joseph Strauss....

390

February 14, 1984 memo to Deborah Gore Dean, Special Assistant to
the Secretary from David D. White

391

January 17, 1985 letter to Joseph Strauss from Deborah Dean re
birthday gift......

392

August 18, 1986 letter to Joseph Strauss from Deborah Gore Dean
thanking him for "Teddy".

393

James Watt:

June 6, 1986 letter to Samuel R. Pierce from James G. Watt re mod
rehab units for County of Baltimore.........

394

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During the past 14 months, the Employment and Housing Subcommittee has uncovered widespread abuses, influence peddling, blatant favoritism, monumental waste and gross mismanagement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the tenure of Secretary Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. We have held 27 hearings which have lasted more than 120 hours. Some 50 witnesses have appeared before the subcommittee. Dozens of other individuals, both inside and outside HUD, have been interviewed by subcommittee staff as part of our investigation. Based on this extensive record, we believe that the jurisdictional mandate of the Independent Counsel should be expanded.

The Court, in its Order of March 1, 1990, appointing the Independent Counsel, limited the jurisdiction to an investigation into whether Samuel Pierce and other officials of HUD conspired to defraud the United States or committed any other Federal crimes relating to the administration of the selection process of HUD's Moderate Rehabilitation Program from 1984 to 1988. By letter of referral dated May 25, 1990, the Attorney General advised the Independent Counsel that it was proper for the investigation to be expanded to include the administration of the selection process of HUD's Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program and the programs within the Secretary's Discretionary Fund (Technical Assistance and Special Projects). The Attorney General took this action based on the testimony of former HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary DuBois Gilliam before our subcommittee on April 30, May 2, and May 4, 1990. Earlier this week the Court authorized the Independent Counsel to investigate the UDAG program, the Technical Assistance program, and Special Projects.

After a careful review of the voluminous hearing record and based on our lengthy investigation, we urge and request that the Independent Counsel's investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing by former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce be further expanded into the following three specific areas: (1) whether

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Secretary Pierce committed perjury, in violation of section 1621 of title 18, of the United States Code, during his sworn testimony before the subcommittee on May 25, 1989; (2) the relationship between Secretary Pierce, his former law firm, Battle, Fowler, Jaffin and Kheel, and Lance Wilson, and whether through their actions and dealings the Federal conspiracy statute (18 U.S.C. section 371), bribery statute (18 U.S.C. section 201(b) (2)), conflict of interest law (18 U.S.C. section 208) or any other criminal law was violated; and (3) whether Secretary Pierce and other HUD officials conspired to defraud the United States committed any other crimes in connection with the administration of the Coinsurance Program from 1983 to 1989.

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I. Perjury

On May 25, 1989, former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce testified under oath before our subcommittee. During this testimony, Secretary Pierce tried to distance and disassociate himself from the abuses and political favoritism at HUD during his tenure. For example, when Secretary Pierce was asked about being in charge of the Moderate Rehabilitation Program, he responded, "No. Actually, in this particular program, it's rụn by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing." (I Tr. 226) When it was pointed out to him that the Office of Housing is in HUD and he was the Secretary of HUD, Mr. Pierce likened it to the Defense Department and the Secretary of Defense not knowing all the things that go on there. (Id.)

Secretary Pierce denied any knowledge of his Executive Assistant Deborah Dean directing Assistant Secretary for Housing Thomas Demery to sign a nine-project Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation grant. (I Tr. 255) He denied discussing any projects with Lance Wilson. (I Tr. 230) He denied that former Interior Secretary James Watt had used political influence:

Mr. PIERCE.

James Watt

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called me, came in to see me and talked about housing. I don't even remember the details, but I told him the same thing. We will look at his project very carefully and I turned him over to the staff in housing who handled the particular thing. No promises were made to him.

That's all

(I Tr. 212)

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A Roman numeral preceding a transcript (Tr.) reference refers to the volume number of the printed record of subcommittee hearings on "Abuses, Favoritism, and Mismanagement in HUD Programs." A hearing date preceding a Tr. reference refers to the stenographic transcript of a hearing that has not yet been printed.

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