[2][3] Early in his career, Regnery served as college director of the Young Americans for Freedom, as a Senate aide, and the Lands Division of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Ronald Reagan.
During the investigation, police found no evidence to substantiate the claims and allegedly discovered a "stash of pornography" in the Regnery home.
[3] From 1981 to 1986, Regnery served as deputy assistant attorney general of the Land and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice.
[2][3] In 1983, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and he worked on the Meese Report.
[7] In 1995, Regnery co-founded the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund; in 2014, he became chairman of its board, which included Edwin Meese III, J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ron Hosko, and Ken Cuccinelli as directors.