A GOP politician tried to use the Iran hostage crisis to help Reagan in the 1980 election. The man who accompanied him wants to come clean to Jimmy Carter:…

A GOP politician tried to use the Iran hostage crisis to help Reagan in the 1980 election. The man who accompanied him wants to come clean to Jimmy Carter:…

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United States President Ronald W. Reagan in the Oval Office in 1985. Diana Walker/Getty Images GOP politician Ben Barnes said his mentor worked to influence the 1980 election in favor of Reagan. Former Texas Gov. John Connally asked Middle East leaders to delay the release of Iranian hostages.…

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