<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Poindexter">John Poindexter</a> is convicted for his role in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra affair</a>.<sup about="#mwt171" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"}}' id="cite_ref-30" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_7#cite_note-30" id="mwAY4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAY8">[30]</span></a></sup> In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal.
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