Word: smaltz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
Moreover, Henrickson's tale has had some discrepancies. In his first interview with TIME, Henrickson recalled that the envelopes "always had Clinton's name on them and no return address." After meeting with Smaltz, he now says the envelopes were "always blank." Similarly, Henrickson initially could recall only two or three deliveries. After meeting with Smaltz, he now remembers six deliveries from 1982 until as late as 1991. Henrickson's wife Mary Ann insists that her husband discussed the deliveries with her as they occurred. "The envelopes bothered me at the time," she recalls. "I would...
...Smaltz's investigators came upon Henrickson when they discovered a lawsuit the pilot had filed against his former employer and called him in for questioning about it. Henrickson's relationship with his immediate boss had grown strained in recent years. Then in 1993 a fellow pilot was fired for what Henrickson and other pilots felt was a minor infraction. Henrickson tried to intervene. Two months later, he too was fired. He then brought the lawsuit, charging retaliatory dismissal. His personnel records were clean, reflecting regular raises and promotions, but the suit was dismissed in October. "Under current Arkansas...
...Smaltz has served Henrickson with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury and given him a two-page letter of immunity, which protects the pilot from criminal charges and subjects him to perjury charges if he is lying. The former Tyson captain has also volunteered to take a lie-detector test. In his first conversation with TIME, Smaltz did not admit to knowing Henrickson. But when asked about the letter of immunity and presented with information that TIME had gathered, the independent counsel spoke with unusual candor. He found Henrickson's story "very interesting," he said, partly because...
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...