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In 1972, Gallinghouse successfully prosecuted state Attorney General  [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]] for [[perjury]]. Gremillion was convicted of lying to a federal [[grand jury]] about the insolvency of the Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corporation, which paid Gremillion $10,000 in legal fees. The company raised $2.6 million from small investors and lent the money to politicians and companies controlled by [[organized crime]] boss Carlos Joseph Marcello (1910-1993). The investors faced heavy losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/8458.html|title=ES&S, Diebold lobbyists, July 21, 2005|publisher=bbvforums.org|accessdate=June 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>''Life Magazine'' (Vol. 68, No. 13), p. 53.</ref> Gremillion lashed out at Gallinghouse: "He's trying to indict everybody for his own personal benefit."<ref name=nosi/> Gallinghouse denied that he had political ambition but said, merely,  "I am after crime". He indicated that he would remain U.S. attorney so long as Nixon and Ford desired his service.<ref name=nosi/>

In 1972, Gallinghouse successfully prosecuted state Attorney General  [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]] for [[perjury]]. Gremillion was convicted of lying to a federal [[grand jury]] about the insolvency of the Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corporation, which paid Gremillion $10,000 in legal fees. The company raised $2.6 million from small investors and lent the money to politicians and companies controlled by [[organized crime]] boss Carlos Joseph Marcello (1910-1993). The investors faced heavy losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/8458.html|title=ES&S, Diebold lobbyists, July 21, 2005|publisher=bbvforums.org|accessdate=June 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>''Life Magazine'' (Vol. 68, No. 13), p. 53.</ref> Gremillion lashed out at Gallinghouse: "He's trying to indict everybody for his own personal benefit."<ref name=nosi/> Gallinghouse denied that he had political ambition but said, merely,  "I am after crime". He indicated that he would remain U.S. attorney so long as Nixon and Ford desired his service.<ref name=nosi/>

In 1972, Gallinghouse obtained an indictment for [[bribery]] against Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs (1911-1985), a former state senator from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works under Governor [[John J. McKeithen]], for Downs' role in the Shoup Voting Machine Corporation scandal.<ref name=nosi/> Downs benefited from a [[hung jury]], which blocked his conviction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/G%20Disk/Garrison%20Jim/Garrison%20Jim%20Criminal%20Trial%201973/Item%20080.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title=Garrison case results in acquittal|publisher=''the New Orleans States-Item|date= October 2, 1973|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|accessdate=June 28, 2013}}</ref>

In 1972, Gallinghouse obtained an indictment for [[bribery]] against Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs (1911-1985), a former state senator from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works under Governor [[John J. McKeithen]], for Downs' role in the Shoup Voting Machine Corporation scandal.<ref name=nosi/> Downs benefited from a hung jury, which blocked his conviction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/G%20Disk/Garrison%20Jim/Garrison%20Jim%20Criminal%20Trial%201973/Item%20080.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title=Garrison case results in acquittal|publisher=''the New Orleans States-Item|date= October 2, 1973|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|accessdate=June 28, 2013}}</ref>

Gallinghouse moved against Lewis Johnson, a New Orleans builder, major contributor to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], and a former highway department commissioner, convicted of [[income tax]] evasion.<ref name=crider/> In 1973, Gallinghouse prosecuted Orleans Parish District Attorney James Carothers "Jim" Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; 1921-1992) for bribery involving pinball machines, but Garrison was acquitted and is most remembered for his criticism of the [[Warren Commission]], formed to investigate the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=crider/>

Gallinghouse moved against Lewis Johnson, a New Orleans builder, major contributor to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], and a former highway department commissioner, convicted of [[income tax]] evasion.<ref name=crider/> In 1973, Gallinghouse prosecuted Orleans Parish District Attorney James Carothers "Jim" Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; 1921-1992) for bribery involving pinball machines, but Garrison was acquitted and is most remembered for his criticism of the [[Warren Commission]], formed to investigate the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=crider/>

Some of his investigations were stymied after Congress created the new[United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, in order to reduce the caseload of the Eastern District. The change removed nine parishes, including the largest one, [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]] from Gallinghouse's jurisdiction. Gallinghouse persuaded the federal district judges to permit him to continue his jurisdiction in those nine parishes on the cases already under investigation. Much of the focus center on East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=nosi/>

Some of his investigations were stymied after Congress created the new[United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, in order to reduce the caseload of the Eastern District. The change removed nine parishes, including the largest one, [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]] from Gallinghouse's jurisdiction. Gallinghouse persuaded the federal district judges to permit him to continue his jurisdiction in those nine parishes on the cases already under investigation. Much of the focus center on East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=nosi/>

In September 1980, President [[Jimmy Carter]] invoked the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to name Gallinghouse as a special prosecutor to investigate reports that Carter's campaign manager and former appointments secretary, Timothy Kraft, had formerly used [[cocaine]]. In the midst of the race against [[Ronald W. Reagan]], Kraft, who was known in [[Washington, D.C.]], for his flamboyant life-style, stepped down to avoid attention to his own legal troubles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952778,00.html|title="Nation: Kraft Drops Out", September 29, 1980|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 29, 2013|date=September 29, 1980}}</ref> Gallinghouse cleared Kraft of the allegation. A year earlier, another special prosecutor had similarly cleared Carter's chief of staff, William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (1994-2008), of the same charge, but in a non-election year, Jordan had not been compelled to resign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/us/78-ethics-act-sets-procedure-in-such-cases.html|title='78 Ethics Act Sets Procedure in Such Cases|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=June 29, 2013|date=April 3, 1984}}</ref>

In September 1980, President [[Jimmy Carter]] invoked the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to name Gallinghouse as a special prosecutor to investigate reports that Carter's campaign manager and former appointments secretary, Timothy E. Kraft (born 1941), had formerly used [[cocaine]]. In the midst of the race against [[Ronald W. Reagan]], Kraft, who was known in [[Washington, D.C.]], for his flamboyant life-style, stepped down to avoid attention to his own legal troubles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952778,00.html|title="Nation: Kraft Drops Out", September 29, 1980|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 29, 2013|date=September 29, 1980}}</ref> Gallinghouse cleared Kraft of the allegation. A year earlier, another special prosecutor had similarly cleared Carter's chief of staff, William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (1994-2008), of the same charge, but in a non-election year, Jordan had not been compelled to resign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/us/78-ethics-act-sets-procedure-in-such-cases.html|title='78 Ethics Act Sets Procedure in Such Cases|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=June 29, 2013|date=April 3, 1984}}</ref>

==Legacy==

==Legacy==