Reagan Calls to Congratulate Rowan `on Winning the Case'; President Terms Prosecution `an Outrage' From: The Washington Post | Date: October 8, 1988| Author: | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Columnist Carl T. Rowan, who blasted D.C. officials Thursday for what he called his "malicious, political prosecution" on firearms charges, got a comforting call yesterday from another well-known Washingtonian-President Reagan.

Rowan said in an interview that the call came early, "about 8:30, before {Reagan} left for Michigan" to campaign for the Republican presidential ticket, and that the president "congratulated me on winning the case" and said "he thought it was an outrage that the city tried to prosecute me."

Rowan, whose trial on misdemeanor counts of possessing an unregistered ...

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