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The Whitewater Scandal
From an archive of the Washington Weekly
Keywords: Whitewater Clinton; Whitewater McDougal; Whitewater
Hale; Whitewater Tucker; Whitewater Webster Hubbell; Whitewater ADFA; Whitewater
real estate; Whitewater Vince Foster; Whitewater Capitol Management Services;
Whitewater Madison;
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The Whitewater Land Deal
Whitewater started as a land development of riverfront property in Arkansas
in the 1980s. The Clintons received a large share of the development without
putting up any money. When the development went sour, additional capital
infusions were needed. There is evidence and testimony suggesting that these
cash infusions were obtained illegally from the Federal Government and never
paid back.
- Oct 31 1994 Evidence in Whitewater Case
is Now Firm (Editorial)
The Election
When Clinton ran for President in 1992, Whitewater started receiving
attention. One candidate, Jerry Brown, brought up allegations in a Democratic
primary debate. Jeff Gerth of the New York Times wrote a story. By the time
Clinton had made it through the primaries, however, the media had decided
that Whitewater was irrelevant; "it was about the issues." Besides,
the news media was more interested in juicy allegations of marital infidelity,
pot-smoking, and draft-dodging. After the election, however, a few conservative
newspapers and magazines started following some of the loose ends. They
discovered that Whitewater was part of a larger pattern of the way business,
politics, police, the judiciary, and the news media in Arkansas operated
in a way that was to "mutual benefit." Furthermore, evidence of
a cover-up of Whitewater in Washington was revealed.
- Aug 17 1994 Whitewater Whistleblower
Silenced
- Aug 24 1994 Whitewater Whistleblower
Fights Back
- Sep 22 1994 Congress Conspired With RTC
to Discredit Whistleblower
- Jan 09 1995 How Widespread is the Whitewater
Conspiracy? (Editorial)
- Feb 20 1995 Interview with Arkansas Judge
Jim Johnson
- Former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson reveals government
efforts to block investigations of the Mena affair and investigations of
Clinton's fraudulent Whitewater loans, and explains how business interests,
news media, politicians, and courts in Arkansas manage to block the truth
from coming out.
- Feb 27 1995 The Most Criminal and Corrupt
Administration in History (Editorial)
- A list of alleged crimes and ethics violations.
The Special Counsel
After conservative newspapers had uncovered a large number of criminal
allegations against the First Couple during 1993, a Special Counsel was
appointed in early 1994. He was to investigate all matters related to Whitewater,
including the death of White House aide Vince Foster. Foster's first report
was on the death of Vince Foster:
- July 15 1994 Fiske Report on Foster Suicide
- July 27 1994 An Epidemic of Suicide (Editorial)
Whitewater Hearings
Congress decided to hold hearings on the matter in July and August of
1994, but for the most part they turned into a charade because the Democratic
leadership had put such narrow limitations on what kind of questions Congressmen
were allowed to ask.
- July 26 1994 Extra: Whitewater Coverup
Expands (Editorial)
- Aug 03 1994 Extra: Midnight Bombshell
at Whitewater Hearings
- Aug 05 1994 Whitewater Could Bring Down
President (Editorial)
- Oct 23 1994 Six Reasons to Throw out
House Democrats (Editorial)
- Conspired to block Whitewater hearings
- Conspired to discredit Whitewater witness
A Truly Independent Counsel
In the meantime, criticism of Special Counsel Robert Fiske was mounting.
In particular the way he glossed over incriminating evidence and the way
he stood with the Democrats in the way of full public hearings led some
to suggest that he was not truly independent. A three-judge panel appointed
an Independent Counsel, prosecutor Kenneth Starr. With Starr, the investigation
got rolling and he soon secured both indictments and convictions in the
case.
- Sep 05 1994 Whitewater Indictments Near
- Sep 06 1994 New Testimony in Foster Case
- Sep 23 1994 Whitewater Update (Editorial)
- David Hale and Roger Altman
- Oct 03 1994 Whitewater Update
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- The Resolution Trust Corporation
- The Rose Law Firm
- Independent Prosecutor Kenneth Starr
- The White House
- New Whitewater Hearings
- Ethics Investigation of Senator
- Oct 23 1994 Gingrich Promises Whitewater
Investigation
- Nov 14 1994 Is There a Mole in Whitewater
Prosecutors Office?
- Nov 21 1994 Rose Law Firm Ordered to
Release Documents
- Nov 28 1994 Wall Street Journal Files
Request With Supreme Court (Editorial)
- Wants Whitewater Ruling Unsealed
- Nov 28 1994 Whitewater Prosecutor Prepares
Indictments
- Dec 05 1994 Whitewater About to Hit the
Fan (Editorial)
- Dec 05 1994 Whitewater Investigation
Broadens
- Hubbell Said to Plead Guilty to Whitewater Prosecutor
- Paula Casey Will be Called Before Banking Committee
- Bruce Lindsey and Betsey Wright
- George Stephanopoulos and Harold Ickes
- Dec 12 1994 Two Convictions in Whitewater
Case (Editorial)
- Jan 02 1995 What Terrible Secret is Whitewater
Prosecutor Holding? (Editorial)
- Jan 02 1995 Whitewater Update
- Starr Investigating Murder in Little Rock
- Whitewater Hearings Postponed
- McDougal Named Target of Criminal Probe
- Fiske Says Hale Has Made Significant Allegations
- New Bribery Allegations
- Jan 09 1995 Whitewater Update
- Whitewater Prosecutor Reopens Foster Suicide Case
- White House Obstructed Justice in Foster Investigation
- Two Associates of David Hale Sentenced
- Jan 16 1995 WHITE HOUSE INDICTMENTS PREDICTED
(Editorial)
- Jan 23 1995 Foster Did Not Commit Suicide
in Fort Marcy Park (Editorial)
- Jan 30 1995 Whitewater Update
- Forensic Experts Doubt Foster Suicide Ruling
- Stephens Inc. Employee Indicted
- Starr's Investigation Widespread
- Feb 06 1995 Whitewater Update
- White House Lied about Obstructing Justice
- The Stealth Congressional Whitewater Investigation
- Foster X-ray Mystery
- Family Suspects Cover-up in Foster Death
- Feb 13 1995 Congressman Dan Burton on
Whitewater Investigation
- Mr. Burton gave a cronological summary of the entire Congressional
Whitewater Investigation since Clinton took office, and explained in clear
terms the alleged crimes and unethical behavior, and raised a number of
unanswered questions.
- Feb 27 1995 What is Taking Starr so Long?
(Editorial)
- Mar 06 1995 Letter to the Editor
- Whitewater Probe Focuses on Tax Evasion
- Mar 06 1995 Whitewater Indictment Targets
Arkansas Bank President
- Mar 06 1995 Strategic Investment Letter
on Vince Foster Cover-Up
- Mar 06 1995 Congressman Burton on Clinton
Administration Scandals
- Latest Whitewater Indictment
- Mar 20 1995 Whitewater Update
- Starr Tells Congress to Back Off
- Ainley Pleads Innocent, Blames Superiors
- Mar 27 1995 Liberal Media Continues Whitewater
Coverup (Editorial)
- Mar 27 1995 Whitewater Update
- Starr Investigating Possible Police Cover-Up in Foster Death
- Starr Probing Links to Inslaw Murder
- Whitewater Realtor Pleads Guilty
- Senate Investigates Possible Obstruction of Justice Attempt
- Apr 03 1995 Independent Counsel Probing
Clinton Appointment Process
- Apr 03 1995 White House Employees Found
to Have Drug Problem
- Apr 17 1995 Whitewater Update
- Starr investigating scam loans at ADFA
- Obstruction of investigation of Hillary's livestock trades
- Whitewater Prosecutor Resigns
- Fiske's Report on Foster Suicide is Inaccurate
- Apr 17 1995 Updated List of Alleged Crimes
in the Clinton Administration
- Apr 24 1995 Starr Interviews Bill and
Hillary Clinton Under Oath
- May 01 1995 Washington Press Conference
on Death of Vincent Foster
- May 08 1995 Is This the Beginning of
The End? (Editorial)
- Networks run same Whitewater story on same day. Why?
- May 08 1995 Whitewater Update
- White House Asked About Sealed Indictments
- Ainley Pleads Guilty, Lindsey is Target
- The Missing Box of Papers
- May 22 1995 Whitewater Update
- House expects five more indictments
- Jun 12 1995 Whitewater Update
- GOVERNER OF ARKANSAS INDICTED IN WHITEWATER SCANDAL
- Former Clinton Aide Pleads Guilty
- More Indictments to follow, including the Clintons
- Cutler Accused of Lying to Congress, Obstructing Justice
- Jun 26 1995 Whitewater Update
- Cover-up Inside Starr's Investigation
- Powerful Forces Form United Front Against Starr
- Senate Takes Depositions from Park Police
- Tucker Pleads Not Guilty
- Palmer Sentenced
- Jul 17 1995 Whitewater Update
- Compromised Judge Considers Throwing out Tucker Indictment
- Compromised Prosecutors join Whitewater Prosecution
- Aug 21 1995 Bloody Thursday in Little
Rock
- Sep 4 1995 Whitewater: Congress is Still
the Answer
- OP-ED by Jim Johnson, former Associate Justice of Arkansas Supreme
Court
- Sep 4 1995 List of Whitewater Defendants
- By last count, 14 individuals had been indicted by or pled guilty to
Whitewater prosecutors.
New Whitewater Hearings
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the hearings
Finally, the now Republican controlled Congress decided to hold full
hearings, starting in the summer of 1995, on the entire web of alleged crimes
emanating from the Whitewater land deal in Arkansas.
- May 22 1995 Whitewater Update
- Senate votes for Special Whitewater Committee
- Jun 05 1995 Whitewater Update
- Governor Tucker Called before Grand Jury.
- Democrats lose Supreme Court battle against Starr
- Hot Summer: Senate Whitewater Hearings and House Waco Hearings
- Jun 19 1995 Democrats Attempt to Sabotage
Whitewater Hearings
- Jul 03 1995 Whitewater Update
- Whitewater Hearings to Begin Next Week
- Webster Hubbell Sentenced
- Questions About Impartiality of Arkansas Courts
- RTC Report finds money transferred to Whitewater
- Jul 24 1995 Hearings, Hearings
- Jul 24 1995 Whitewater Update
- Kuca Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the SBA.
- Starr Interviews Bill and Hillary Clinton Again.
- Gingrich Asks Committees to look into Death of Vince Foster.
- Hubbell's Ties to the BCCI
- Jul 31 1995 The Second Week of Whitewater
Hearings
- Jul 31 1995 Whitewater Update
- Reno Backs Starr against Tucker and Judge Woods
- Aug 07 1995 John Dean Testifies
- Aug 07 1995 Hillary Mastermind Behind
Foster Cover-Up
- Aug 07 1995 Speedy Gonzalez enters Hypocrisy
Contest
- Aug 07 1995 Whitewater Update
- Gingrich Launches Independent Investigation of Foster Death
- House Hearings Begin This Week
- Aug 14 1995 Whitewater Update
- Foster's ties to the National Security Acency
- Aug 14 1995 HEARING TESTIMONY OF L. JEAN
LEWIS
- In the most detailed road map to Whitewater made public yet, RTC criminal
investigator Jean Lewis described widespread bank fraud by the Arkansas
political elite, including Bill Clinton, who ran his campaign on taxpayer-embezzled
money. Naming those that have already been indicted or convicted, the road
map also reveals who has yet to be indicted. Lewis also detailed obstruction
of justice by named individuals at the RTC and at the Justice Department.
- Aug 14 1995 HEARING TESTIMONY OF L. JEAN
LEWIS, Part II
- Ms. Lewis continued to detail the elaborate web of obstruction she
faced from named individuals in the Justice Department, in the RTC, and
in Congress.
- Aug 28 1995 The 18-minute Gap in the
Foster Tapes
- Sep 4 1995 Whitewater: Congress is Still
the Answer
- OP-ED by Jim Johnson, former Associate Justice of Arkansas Supreme
Court
- Sep 4 1995 New Poll finds Public Believes
in Whitewater Crimes
- Oct 23 1995 Whitewater
Update
- Whitewater Hearings to Resume
- Trial of Governor Tucker Delayed
- Oct 30 1995 FOSTER COVER-UP UNRAVELS
- Foster "Suicide
Note" a Forgery, Experts Say.
- Text of Suicide
Note
- Image of Suicide
Note
- White House attempts
to silence Press, Succeeds
- FBI Falsified Testimony,
Ignored Witnesses
- Sketch of Possible
Foster Murderer
- Senate Whitewater
Committee Issues 49 Subpoenas
- The 49 Subpoenas
- White House Responds
to Subpoenas, Foster Allegations
- What does it all
Mean?
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