Did President Reagan violate the Boland Amendment?

Answer 1

Obviously, this is what Iran-Contra was all about. He was saved from impeachment because his accomplices did a "Poindexter" and fell on their swords. When he later testified in their trials, his dementia was too far advanced to get a coherent statement. The final report published after Congressional hearings blamed Reagan's passive style of leadership for allowing the conduct of foreign policy without involvement of any elected official.