Keating Five scandal

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The Keating Five scandal was a major U.S. political controversy in the late 1980s involving five senators accused of improperly intervening with federal regulators on behalf of banker Charles Keating, whose savings and loan institution later collapsed.

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instanceOf United States political controversy ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
accusation conflict of interest ⓘ
improper influence related to campaign contributions ⓘ
improper intervention with federal regulators ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime early 1990s ⓘ
hasCause campaign contributions from Charles Keating and associates ⓘ
intervention with federal regulators on behalf of Charles Keating ⓘ
hasEffect damage to public trust in Congress ⓘ
increased scrutiny of campaign contributions ⓘ
political damage to involved senators ⓘ
reforms in Senate ethics rules ⓘ
hasPart United States Senate Ethics Committee investigation ⓘ
involves Alan Cranston ⓘ
Dennis DeConcini ⓘ
linked to: Evo Anton DeConcini

Donald Riegle ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank Board ⓘ
John Glenn ⓘ
John McCain ⓘ
Lincoln Savings and Loan Association collapse ⓘ
Office of Thrift Supervision ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
United States Senate Ethics Committee ⓘ
savings and loan crisis ⓘ
location Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Charles H. Keating Jr. ⓘ
Keating Five ⓘ
Lincoln Savings and Loan Association ⓘ
notableOutcome criticism of judgment of several senators without formal sanctions ⓘ
formal reprimand of Alan Cranston ⓘ
long-term association of John McCain with the scandal in media coverage ⓘ
numberOfParticipants 5 ⓘ
participantRole United States senator ⓘ
pointInTime late 1980s ⓘ
regulatoryBody Federal Home Loan Bank Board ⓘ
Office of Thrift Supervision ⓘ
relatedTo Charles H. Keating Jr. ⓘ
Lincoln Savings and Loan Association ⓘ
savings and loan crisis ⓘ
significantEvent Senate Ethics Committee hearings ⓘ
Senators’ meetings with federal regulators on behalf of Charles Keating ⓘ
collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan Association ⓘ
startTime 1987 ⓘ

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Silverado Savings and Loan collapse → relatedTo → Keating Five scandal ⓘ