Grand Jury Indicts Espy Appointee
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The head of the federal farm agency in charge of crop programs in Mississippi was indicted on charges he lied to a grand jury investigating former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Norris Faust Jr., Mississippi state executive director of the Farm Service Agency, was accused of lying about his role in changing a state regulation to help a farmer collect excess subsidies. The three-count indictment was returned by a grand jury in Biloxi.
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