DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL LARRY THOMPSON TO HOLD
NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson will hold a news conference TODAY, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. on a criminal matter related to the Enron investigation. He will be joined by Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Grant Ashley, Director of the Enron Taskforce Leslie Caldwell and others.

WHO: Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson

Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff

FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division

Chief Grant Ashley

Director of Enron Taskforce Leslie Caldwell

WHAT: News Conference

WHEN: TODAY, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003

11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Main Justice

951 Constitution Ave.,

Washington, D.C., 20530

7th Floor Conference Room

NOTE: Media interested in covering the event should arrive no earlier than 10:00 a.m. through the 951 Constitution entrance gates.

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