Oliver North marries former secretary in Iran-Contra scandal, Fawn Hall

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North quietly married his former secretary in the Iran-Contra scandal, Fawn Hall, last month.

North, 81, married Hall, 65, on August 27 in Virginia, according to a copy of the marriage certificate that CNN obtained.

North declined to comment to CNN on Tuesday, besides quoting a line delivered by Clark Gable’s character in “Gone with the Wind,” saying, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

His first wife, Betsy, died last year, and Hall's first husband, Danny Sugerman, manager of the rock band The Doors, died in 2005.

Both North and Hall were key figures in the Iran-Contra scandal nearly four decades ago, under the Reagan administration. At the time, North was a National Security Council staffer. He was part of the joint schemes to sell weapons to Iran and then use the proceeds to fund anti-communist rebels, known as the Contras, in Nicaragua.

Hall admitted to shredding damning documents related to the scandal. She had snuck documents that potentially implicated North's involvement in the controversy out of the White House complex by stuffing them in her clothes and shoes, and the two later jammed a paper shredder by overfeeding it with documents.

The scandals were revealed in 1986, and those involved said their actions were necessary to secure the release of American hostages in the Middle East and that they facilitated President Ronald Reagan’s anti-communist policy goals in Central and South America.

However, legislation limited U.S. government assistance to the Contras, and those involved also violated an arms embargo against Iran, and Reagan’s prior assurances that the U.S. would not negotiate with terrorists.

In 1989, North was convicted on three felony charges, which were vacated shortly after. Hall received immunity from prosecution.

North became a conservative political commentator after losing a U.S. Senate race in Virginia in 1994. He was the president of the National Rifle Association in 2018 before leaving less than a year later, due to a power struggle with the organization’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre.