Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin confirmed a company near the Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith did not violate state law as Secretary of Agriculture Wesley Ward suspected.On July 23rd, Ward wrote a letter requesting that Griffin launch an investigation into the ownership of 4811 South Zero Street, LLC due to suspected ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party. In the letter Ward mention that he felt this was important due to the businesses close proximity to Ebbing Air National Guard Base siting Act 636 that was passed by the legislature last year. The act requires the Agriculture Department to gather information about possible foreign property ownership.
In a statement, Griffin said, “In my investigation into the ownership of 4811 S. Zero Street in Fort Smith, I determined that there is no violation of Act 636 of 2023. 4811 S. Zero Street, LLC is not owned by, controlled by, or associated with any ‘prohibited foreign-party-controlled-business.’ I thank the Secretary of Agriculture for alerting me to this issue and to the owners of 4811 S. Zero Street, LLC for their cooperation in the investigation,” Griffin says. “I also praise the diligence of the attorneys and agents in my office who handled this case.”
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