NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 3, 1998 - 7A Espy cleare WASHINGTON (AP)-A federal jury cleared for- mer Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy of all 30 charges against him yesterday in the climax to a four-year, $17 million corruption investigation headed by a prosecu- tor who Espy called a "schoolyard bully" President Clinton said in a statement he was pleased with the verdict. Espy was chased out of office in 1994 after allega- ipns that he took illegal gifts on the job and then tried to cover it up. Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz Was already investigating Espy when the White House asked the secretary to leave office. -The case was the culmination of Smaltz's work, and the independent counsel tried much of the case him- self. Espy pleaded innocent, and always maintained he was an innocent target of an overzealous prosecutor. He now practices law in Mississippi. "He's not unlike any other schoolyard bully," Espy d of corruption charges said of Smaltz. "You've got to stand up to him." Outside the courthouse, Smaltz acknowledged disap- pointment but said he accepts the outcome. "We met our obligation and the jury has spoken," the prosecutor said. The jury heard about two months of evidence and spent slightly less than two days deliberating before the foreperson faced Espy and slowly answered "not guilty" as the judge read out each charge. When she was done, Espy and his lawyers huddled in a hug while relatives and supporters cried and held onto one another in the front rows of the courtroom. "It's cost a lot, it's been tough, but I knew from day one that I would stand here before you completely exonerated," Espy said outside the courthouse. Espy had faced 30 counts covering about $33,000 worth of gifts and entertainment he received from companies such as chicken giant Tyson Foods Inc. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina threw out an additional eight charges before the jury began its deliberations. Smaltz's investigation traced sports tickets, travel' meals and trinkets such as a crystal bowl and an oil painting that came from companies regulated by Espy's department. Federal ethics laws prohibit expensive gifts to public officials. But Espy also was charged with more serious violations of the Meat Inspection Act, which could have meant three years in prison if he was convicted. Smaltz had complained more than once during the trial about references to race made by both defense lawyers and by his own witnesses, and he made a direct appeal to the jury in his closing arguments Monday not to let "sympathy or race" color its verdict. But he made no references to race after the verdict came in. Espy was the first black secretary of agricul- ture and the jury in the case was composed of I1 blacks and one white. II, A P PHOTOG Former Agriculture- Secretary Mike Espy is escorted by his attorney in Washington yesterday. He was acquitted of all counts in his corruption case. in a life filled with uncertainty... Livingston prepares to take over speakership -V.-. 1 ,' V ' N'. N. ~ :, A WASHINGTON (AP) - Deliberately, and most- behind closed doors, Rep. Bob Livingston (R- .) is preparing to become House speaker next month with little to say about his agenda and play- ing no visible role in the increasingly clamorous impeachment inquiry of President Clinton. Two weeks after Republicans tapped him to succeed th~e resigned Newt Gingrich, Livingston spends his days mapping the House's legislative plans, schedule and other details with colleagues and staff. He also has met with influential outsiders including Jesse Jackson, eonservative consultant Ralph Reed and White House chief of staff John Podesta. The Louisiana Republican has received a secure, ,rtable phone for emergency conversations with the president. He has been briefed by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Defense Secretary Bill Cohen and Gen. 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Livingston and his aides insist he is playing no role in guiding the probe headed by Judiciary Committee Chairperson Henry Hyde (R-1ll.), Gingrich spokesperson Christina Martin said yesterday that Gingrich has played no impeachment role, making it "a matter for Chairman Hyde and Speaker-elect Livingston.' With the judiciary panel expected to vote next week on articles of impeachment, Livingston aides will not comment on what role he will play if the matter shifts to the full House. Almost everyone assumes that Livingston will step in at that point and take the lead in an issue he wants finished before he becomes speaker in January. "Ultimately, this comes to rest at his feet," said Rep. Michael Castle (R-Del.). When Gingrich became speaker-to-be four years ago, hardly an issue arose that he didn't weigh in on. 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