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FBI Agents Comb Martha Stewart's Web Site in Search of Evidence.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003

By Greg B. Smith, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 12--Martha mavens aren't the only ones checking out Martha Stewart's spiffy new Web site -- the FBI is peeking too.

Sources told the Daily News that federal prosecutors and FBI agents have been monitoring marthatalks.com for juicy tidbits, watching for things that could be used against her in court.

Most of what Stewart says on the site is general in nature, but in a section called Setting the Record Straight, she lists six fact-specific statements that she says clarify the truth about her criminal indictment.

The statements were vetted by her veteran criminal defense lawyers, Robert Morvillo and Jack Tigue. Neither returned calls seeking comment...

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