Former NC State chancellor going before grand jury

RALEIGH (Winston-Salem Journal) - The former chancellor of North Carolina State University was scheduled to appear before a federal grand jury that is seeking details about former first lady Mary Easley's employment there.

James Oblinger was subpoenaed last month, with federal investigators requesting access to all documents related to Easley's hiring and benefits. Oblinger's attorney, Press Millen, said the chancellor has been asked to appear at the federal courthouse in Raleigh on Wednesday morning.

"The chancellor is going, as he has said all along, to cooperate in every way with this investigation. When he was still chancellor, he directed everyone at N.C. State to do the same thing," Millen said. "He is going there ... with the intention of answering all of the questions of the grand jury."

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