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Oliver North and his loyal former secretary Fawn Hall reportedly married in secret last month – 40 years after their leading roles in the infamous Iran-Contra affair.  

A copy of the couple’s marriage license, obtained by journalist Michael Isikoff, shows North, 81, and Hall, 65, were married in Arlington County, Virginia, on Aug. 27. 

“It was a secret marriage,” a friend of the newlyweds told Isikoff. 

Hall told investigators that she smuggled Iran-Contra documents out of the White House executive building inside her boots and skirt, after North was fired. Getty Images

North, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, was a member of former President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council (NSC) when, in the late 1980s, he was accused of facilitating illegal weapons sales to Iran. 

The scheme was aimed at encouraging Iran-backed militants in Lebanon to release American hostages, while proceeds from the arms sales were diverted to support the Contra rebels in Nicaragua – which was prohibited under the Boland Amendment. 

Hall – North’s glamorous secretary at NSC – was granted immunity by prosecutors investigating the case as she revealed that she destroyed, altered and hid evidence implicating North and others in illegal activity. 

The former secretary revealed that she helped North shred mountains of documents related to Iran-Contra after the Justice Department caught wind of the weapons scheme. 

Hall also told investigators that in 1986, when North was fired over the scandal, she smuggled Iran-Contra documents that had not yet been shredded or altered out of the Old Executive Office Building (now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building) – hiding them in her boots and inside the back of her skirt. 

North was convicted of three felony charges related to Iran-Contra in 1989.

His convictions were overturned on appeal in 1991, and the case against him was dropped after it was determined that prosecutors used testimony he provided to Congress under immunity in the case. 

North’s conviction in the Iran-Contra case was overturned in 1991. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hall and North reportedly reconnected last December at the funeral of Hall’s late wife of 56 years. Bettmann Archive

After the scandal, Hall worked as a model in Hollywood, Calif., where she married Danny Sugarman, the manager of rock band The Doors, in 1993. 

Hall was married to Sugarman until his death in 2005. 

Meanwhile, North went on to found the Freedom Alliance nonprofit for wounded veterans, author several books and host “War Stories with Oliver North” on Fox News from 2001 to 2016. He also served as the president of the National Rifle Association in 2018. 

North reconnected with Hall last December, at the funeral for his late wife of 56 years, according to Isikoff, writing for the “SpyTalk” Substack page.  

“She rekindled the relationship at the funeral,” a friend of the couple said. “They started spending time together.”

The North-Hall wedding was described as “low-key,” and none of North’s four children attended. 

North and Hall did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.

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