U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. Crim.A. 96-0314 (JR).

7 F.Supp.2d 40 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Jack L. WILLIAMS, and Archibald R. Schaffer III, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Smaltz, Independent Counsel, Robert W. Ray, Chief Associate Independent Counsel, Will Frentzen, Associate Independent Counsel, Alexandria, VA, for United States.

John T. Kotelly, Barry W. Levine, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oschinsky, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for defendant Jack L. Williams.

William H. Jeffress, Jr., Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant Archibald R. Schaffer III.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Defendants are charged together as co-conspirators in an alleged scheme to buy favored treatment from the United States Department of Agriculture. Defendant Jack L. Williams was a principal lobbyist for Tyson Foods, Inc. Defendant Archibald R. Schaffer, III was Tyson Foods' vice-president in charge of media, public, and governmental affairs. Indictment ¶¶ 2(c) & (d). The charges are made in a second...

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