CREW ASKS AG GONZALEZ FOR INQUIRY INTO POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY SMITHSONIAN SECRETARY AND BOARD OF REGENTS

27 Feb 2007 // Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting that the Department of Justice investigate Lawrence M. Small, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for possible criminal violations stemming from his accumulation of nearly $90,000 in unauthorized expenses between 2000 and 2005.

According to a story in The Washington Post, the Smithsonian’s acting inspector general found that Mr. Small’s most serious transgressions involved payments for his house, a flight on a charter aircraft and misusing Smithsonian funds for personal expenses.