Iran-Contra Affair
Poindexter was convicted on April 7, 1990 of five counts of lying to Congress and obstructing the Congressional investigation into the Reagan Administration's covert arms sales to Iran and the diversion of proceeds to insurgents fighting the Marxist Government in Nicaragua, later known as the Iran-Contra Affair. The convictions were reversed in 1991 on appeal.
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