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Senator Orin Hatch came under a cloud when he became entangled in BCCI. Senator Hatch once gave a speech on the Senate floor defending BCCI. It was later learned by government investigators the speech Senator Hatch delivered was written by none other than Robert Altman,President of a bank illegally controlled by BCCI.

More on Hatch from A Journal Briefing VOL1

(snip) As the ranking Rep. at Judiciary, Mr Hatch has since helped whoop through the nomination of Jamie Gorelick as deputy attorney general on an expedited voice vote. Ms. Gorelick had represented Mr. Altman while in private practice,and Mr. Hatch had employed one of Ms. Gorelick's law partners to represent him in the BCCI matter.

While the Senate ethics committee cleared Mr.Hatch "of a violation of any law" or "rule of the Senate," it's four paragraph statement doesn't deal with these cozy conflicts of interest.