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This is the second run-in the two doctors have had with a medical ethics probe. Their resignations occur just one month after a similar conflict-of-interest issue arose from a medical journal article the doctors co-authored defending breast implants...
...Clinton as Arkansas Governor. Many close ties are already known: Tyson executives helped finance Clinton's campaigns, and James Blair, one of the firm's lawyers, guided Hillary Rodham Clinton's successful commodities trades. Smaltz, 57, a former prosecutor from Los Angeles who was expected to finish the current probe within six months, says he has collected such a large battery of allegations that he may not finish the task before 1996. He is working seven days a week and has hired nearly 30 employees, including six lawyers and eight FBI agents. Last week he opened an office that...
...reaction to the expanding probe of Tyson Foods has been swift and furious. In a prepared statement, company spokesman Archie Schaffer accused Smaltz of going "outside the scope of the independent counsel's charge" and of "taking off on a politically motivated witch-hunt." Tyson has hired Thomas Green, a top Washington white-collar defense attorney, to represent the company. Smaltz, however, says he was given the jurisdiction to look into any criminal charges arising from his original inquiry. "It's a very broad mandate," he said in an interview...
Meanwhile, Espy remains a major focus of the probe. Smaltz says he is investigating more than 30 allegations against the Agriculture Secretary. Espy's lawyer, Reid Weingarten, declared that Smaltz's growing staff and multiple subpoenas "suggest an investigation out of control or one with a funny agenda." His client, who leaves office Dec. 31, certainly faces a far longer wait for a resolution than nearly anyone imagined a few months...
INVESTIGATIONS: The Other Arkansas Probe...