House received FOIA requests from several news organizations seeking information about Clinton's military service.) On December 10, 1992, United States Attorney General William Barr asked for the appointment of an independent counsel to study the allegations that Mullins violated the law in directing this search, and then misled officials from the United States Department of Justice about conducting the search. Barr appointed Joseph diGenova as independent counsel; diGenova in turn appointed Michael Zeldin as deputy independent counsel, and Zeldin would take over as independent counsel in 1995. When diGenova issued his final report in 1995, after an exhaustive 4-year investigation, he exonerated Mullins, and wrote a public apology to Mullins, which he released in a press conference, for an investigation that had no merit from its inception. Mullins later received reimbursement for much of the legal fees she incurred in the course of the investigation, as the investigation resulted in her exoneration by the Special Counsel who stated unequivocally that the investigation "should never have occurred in the first place". In 1995, Ford Motor Company chief executive officer Alex Trotman recruited Mullins as Ford's Vice President for Washington Affairs, the company's Top Lobbyist. She was the second woman to become a corporate officer of Ford in the 90+ year history of Ford Motor Company. On May 27, 2000, Janet Mullins married Thomas L. Grissom of Louisville, Kentucky, becoming known as Janet Mullins Grissom. During the 2000 Firestone and Ford tire controversy, Grissom briefed members of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the controversy. During her time with Ford, Grissom at one point chaired the Executive Committee of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. She also served on the Board of Directors of the International Republican Institute and the American Council of Young Political Leaders and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council, and the Federal City Council. Grissom retired from Ford in 2004 and in 2005 joined the lobbying firm of Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart. Possibly her most high-profile appearance since that time came in 2007 when she represented Mattel during the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection's hearing on the 2007 Chinese export recalls. References |- 1949 births American lobbyists American University alumni George H. W. Bush administration personnel International Republican Institute Kentucky Republicans Living people People from Louisville, Kentucky United States Assistant Secretaries