Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Duke today, in which they wrote, among other things that “you have provided us with no documents, you have declined to allow any Wal-Mart employees to brief our staffs about the allegations, and you have failed to respond to our request to speak with Maritza Munich, a key figure in the investigation.”
One revelation from the letter is that Walmart’s internal investigation has spread:
During the May 21 briefing, Wal-Mart’s outside counsels stated that they were retained to conduct a broad review of your anti-corruption policies and operations in Mexico, Brazil, and China. They informed our staffs that as a result of this review, they are recommending that WalMart also evaluate its operations in India and South Africa. Wal-Mart’s attorneys identified these five countries — which they referred to as “first tier” countries — because they represented regions “where risk was the greatest.”
It is hard to think what Wal-Mart might gain by its sloth.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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