-- Ed Meese

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William French Smith

 

William French Smith met Mr. Reagan before the 1966 campaign for governor of California, eventually becoming a member of the influential circle of advisers who formed the new Governor’s “kitchen cabinet.”  Smith served as Ronald Reagan’s personal lawyer in California and then accompanied him to Washington as his first Attorney General. 

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Chapter Seven 

Ronald Reagan’s Attorneys General

“But the thing is, you don’t have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That’s contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then

 he is not a suspect.”

-- Ed Meese

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William French Smith

 

William French Smith met Mr. Reagan before the 1966 campaign for governor of California, eventually becoming a member of the influential circle of advisers who formed the new Governor’s “kitchen cabinet.”  Smith served as Ronald Reagan’s personal lawyer in California and then accompanied him to Washington as his first Attorney General. 

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