Mr Bolton - a well-known critic of the UN - was accused of bullying junior staff and trying to distort intelligence to fit his own views, but the White House said the charges were unfounded.

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"These charges still remain just as unfounded, just as unjust, as they were before, " he said.

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Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said the charges of bias were unfair and unfounded.

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The Center finds that other arguments being conjured up by opponents of this facility -- notably those involving charges that it will impose significant environmental damage -- are similarly unfounded.

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Dr Hanouti's lawyer, Allel Boutouili, says the charges against his client, who has been in jail since 2009, are unfounded.

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Board chairman Alan Young dismissed the allegations as unfounded, but the Fiesta Bowl board said they wanted to make sure there was no truth to the charges and hired Grant Woods, a former Attorney General for Arizona, to investigate.

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