| smagruder10@yahoo.com 2006-04-29, 6:09 pm |
| Repugnicant CROOKS AT WORK
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/
Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is
under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations
of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer
said Friday. . . .
Dr. Crawford resigned in September, fewer than three months after the
Senate confirmed him. He said then that it was time for someone else to
lead the agency.
The next month, financial disclosure forms released by the Department
of Health and Human Services showed that in 2004 either Dr. Crawford or
his wife, Catherine, had sold shares in companies regulated by the
agency when he was its deputy commissioner and acting commissioner. He
has since joined a Washington lobbying firm, Policy Directions Inc.
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