Martha Stewart Faces Wider Probe Over Her Sale of Shares of ImClone

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Wednesday, June 26, 2002 | CHARLES GASPARINO and JERRY MARKON

[TroutStalker]

Federal prosecutors have widened their probe of Martha Stewart beyond insider trading to include possible obstruction of justice and making false statements, a person with knowledge of the case said. At issue is whether the lifestyle guru misled prosecutors in explaining why she sold shares of ImClone Systems Inc. late last year immediately before damaging news about the company was made public.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Zon, I'll answer your question.......Yes, I plan to actually imprison my children in my basement if either ever decides to be come a liberal.

I have this elaborate plan to install chains, a little exercise equipment, and a portable toilet....... we can do an entire list on the wall of activities.....and I will even provide chalk so they can mark the days off by writing on the floor..........

Maxie - you are wayyyyy too nice .........

[maxwell]

Maxie - you are wayyyyy too nice .........

That's what they all say, chickie... ;)

[SeeRushToldU_So]

That is truly a masterpiece!

[Zon]

RikaStrom was right, "chill out and have another drink."

[Zon]

How hard is it to be honest and correct ones own error when it has been identified by another? With Max it's like pulling teeth.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Zon, how hard is it to recognize when one is exaggerating? We all do it - we say, "I'm going to kill my son for spilling that"......or "I almost died of embarrassment"........ I think if you would go back and read his first post, you would see the humor there.......

[Zon]

How hard is it to say "I was being sarcastic" or,,,, using a tag in the first place. It's not my problem or error when the author of a post is ambiguous. And certainly not when they compound the problem rather than simply correcting their error.

[Zon]

correction: using a < sarcasm> tag in the first place

[Zon]

Zon: So many people on these threads would apparently imprison their own children on the basis that the children chose to be liberals. 15

Yeah, it's just humor or sarcasm when it's their own kids but when it's a liberal such as Martha Stewart apparently they'd vote to imprison her because she's a liberal.

[Fintan]

Is Martha's facing a wider probe a good thing?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Zon, honey, straighten your boxers - this isn't the end of the world...........we all make these errors when posting or reading someone's post......we can't know exactly what the person meant - that's why we have people like me who step in and say "stop fighting or I'll tell on ya'll".......(Zon, please note the smiley face......;^), oh and it's winking too........)

[Zon]

Whatever you do don't acknowledge that max made an error and compounded it and you sided with him. I'm outta here. You may have the last....

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

word.