FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) _ A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to
investigate whether former Arkansas Sen. Jake Files has broken any state laws.Files will be sentenced this month after pleading guilty to federal fraud
charges for pocketing state money he obtained for a Fort Smith softball complex
project. Prosecutors also allege he pledged a forklift he didn’t own as
collateral for a bank loan.
He and his construction company, FFH Construction LLC, have been sued in
Sebastian County and elsewhere. But he hasn’t been charged in state court.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Arkansas Prosecutor Coordinator Bob McMahan announced Monday that Jason Barrett would investigate Files to see if any state charges are warranted.
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