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Armstrong Williams contract referred to U.S. attorney
Questions about work for Education Department

Friday, October 14, 2005; Posted: 1:57 p.m. EDT (17:57 GMT)


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investigators at the Education Department have contacted the U.S. attorney's office regarding the Bush administration's hiring of commentator Armstrong Williams to promote its agenda.

The action was disclosed by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, who has pressed for a criminal fraud investigation focused on questions about whether Williams actually performed the work cited in his monthly reports to the Education Department.

Last month, congressional auditors concluded that the Education Department had engaged in illegal "covert propaganda" by hiring Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind Act without requiring him to disclose that he was being paid.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/14/education.probe.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest