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...from the industry that he was supposed to be regulating. Among the items were $1,300 worth of pro-football tickets, plane rides and lodging. Espy had reimbursed his benefactors, but recently another gift surfaced -- a $1,200 scholarship Espy's girlfriend had accepted from a foundation controlled by Tyson Foods, the world's largest chicken processor. The White House had defended the former Mississippi Congressman for months, but the steady dribble of disclosures finally prompted the President to push him out. "I'm troubled by the appearance of some of these incidents," said Bill Clinton...
...federal panel appointed a Los Angeles attorney to investigate whether Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy illegally accepted travel, lodging and sports tickets from Tyson Foods and other companies doing business with his department. Donald C. Smaltz, a federal prosecutor in the 1960s, has a reputation as an ace in white-collar crime cases...
...Clinton Administration got what it needed least: the beginnings of another probe by a special prosecutor. Attorney General Janet Reno asked a Washington federal appeals court to appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations that Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy improperly accepted travel and entertainment gifts from Tyson Foods, Inc., the Arkansas poultry firm with ties to the Clintons. Espy denied any wrongdoing...
Another embattled Administration official may soon be facing an independent-counsel investigation. This time it's Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, who's accused of accepting travel and gifts from Tyson Foods Inc, the largest U.S. poultry processor and a firm with close ties to Clinton. Within two weeks, the Washington Post reports, Attorney Janet Reno will move on plans to request an independent counsel, who may widen the probe to include top USDA aides. Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers reports the president has "absolute confidence" in Espy, who denies any wrongdoing...
...national obsession, many of those same blacks have begun to perceive Simpson as one more victim of the white power system. There is talk of a "white-media conspiracy" to embarrass African Americans by toppling yet another black icon -- as happened to Clarence Thomas, Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson. The saturation of TV coverage appalls many blacks. "It's suspect when all networks on television turn into Court TV," says the Rev. Al Sharpton, a New York political activist. The proliferation of black talking heads called upon to comment on racial aspects of the case is even seen by some...