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Mr. McWade initially testified that he informed Messrs.
Dombrowski and Hatfield about the Thompson and Cravens settlement
agreements before the trial of the test cases. However,
Mr. McWade later testified that he may have not informed Messrs.
Dombrowski and Hatfield of the agreements. Mr. McWade testified
that he had no recollection that he had informed Mr. O'Neill
about the Thompson and Cravens settlement agreements.80
Mr. McWade denied offering Mr. Alexander any inducements to
either cooperate with the Government or testify at the trial of
the test cases. Mr. McWade acknowledged that Mr. Alexander
provided assistance to him in understanding certain aspects of
the Kersting programs during the trial of the test cases.
Mr. McWade did not provide the Court with any credible
explanation or justification of the decisions entered in the
Alexander cases for the taxable years 1974 through 1977, which
completely wiped out the deficiencies previously determined on
the statutory notices.81
Mr. McWade denied that Mr. DeCastro passed information to
him regarding Mr. Izen's trial strategy or that Mr. DeCastro
80 Messrs. Dombrowski, Hatfield, and O'Neill denied having
any knowledge of the Thompson and Cravens settlements before
their discovery in 1992.
81 Contrary to the Court's Dixon II opinion, the decisions
in the Alexander cases for 1974 and 1975 reflected overpayments
of $2,133 and $811, respectively, while the decisions in the
Alexander cases for 1976 and 1977 reflected no deficiencies. See
supra pp. 112-115.
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