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Cindy McCain got kid glove treatment by the FEDS for illegal possession of drugs and theft.
"In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to opioid painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin.<22> She later attributed her addiction to pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs<23><24> as well as emotional stress during her husband's entanglement in the Keating Five scandal of that time,<22> which also involved her role as a bookkeeper who had difficulty finding receipts of Keating-related expenses.<14> The addiction progressed to the point where she resorted to stealing drugs from her own AVMT.<23> During 1992, Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for AVMT, discovered her drug theft.<25> Subsequently in 1992, McCain's parents staged an intervention to force her to get help;<14> she told her husband about her problem, attended a drug treatment facility, began outpatient sessions, and ended her three years of addiction;<22> a hysterectomy in 1993 resolved her back pain.<22><24> In January 1993, McCain terminated Gosinski's employment on grounds of budgetary reasons.<25> In spring 1993, Gosinski tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate McCain's drug theft.<25> Her activities violated federal statutes, so a federal investigation was conducted. McCain's defense team, led by Washington lawyer John Dowd,<25> secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office that limited her punishment to financial restitution and enrollment in a diversion program, <4><25> without anything being made public."
wikipedia - cindy mccain
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