Bill & Hillary
1975 — Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham marry.
1977 — Mrs. Clinton joins the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1978 — The Clintons and the McDougals borrow nearly $200,000 from Citizens Bank to buy scenic though remote land along the White River in Flippin, Ark. Without telling Citizens Bank, they borrow $20,000 from another bank to make the down payment.
1978 — Mrs. Clinton begins trading commodities with an initial investment of $1,000.
Swearing in
1978 — Clinton is elected governor of Arkansas.
1979 — James McDougal joins Clinton’s gubernatorial administration as an economic advisor.
1979 — Mrs. Clinton closes out her commodities account after making nearly $100,000.
1979 — The Whitewater Development company is formed, with ownership shared between the Clintons and McDougals.
1980 — McDougal quits his job with Clinton and buys a bank in Kingston, Ark., that he renames Madison Bank & Trust Co.
1980 — Clinton loses his re-election bid for governor. Mrs. Clinton calls McDougal asking for money.
1980 — Mrs. Clinton borrows $30,000 from Madison Bank to build a model home at Whitewater.
1982 — The McDougals buy a savings and loan bank and rename it Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
Annoucement
1982 — Clinton wins back the governorship.
1983 — Clinton borrows $20,000 from the Security Bank of Paragould to reduce Mrs. Clinton’s Madison Bank loan.
1984 — Clinton jogs over to McDougal’s office and asks him to help Mrs. Clinton by giving business to her at the Rose firm. McDougal agrees.
1985 — Mrs. Clinton meets with McDougal, and he agrees to pay a monthly retainer to the Rose firm.
1985 — McDougal barters the remaining Whitewater lots to Chris Wade for an airplane and the assumption of $35,000 in bank debt.
1985 — Mrs. Clinton angrily rebuffs the McDougals’ effort to have the Clintons sign over their interest in Whitewater.
1986 — The McDougals separate.
1986 — McDougal is forced to resign from Madison Guaranty.
1986 — Mrs. Clinton ends Rose’s retainer agreement with Madison.
1986 — Mrs. Clinton again refuses to transfer the Clintons’ interest in Whitewater to the McDougals.
1986 — Mrs. Clinton balks at giving Susan McDougal a financial disclosure form for Citizens Bank, now renamed 1st Ozark National Bank.
1987 — Mrs. Clinton deals directly with loan officers at 1st Ozark and assumes control of the Whitewater investment.
1987 — Clinton signs a bill expanding branch banking, a statute that primarily benefits Twin City Bank, the parent of 1st Ozark.
1989 — Madison fails in March, costing the taxpayers $60 million.
1989 — McDougal is indicted on charges relating to the Castle Grande, a Madison-funded real estate project Rose attorneys, including Hillary Clinton, worked on.
1990 — McDougal is acquitted of the charges.
1990 — Clinton tells McDougal’s lawyer he wants out of Whitewater, but Mrs. Clinton again balks.
Clintons
1991 — Clinton announces he is running for president.
1992 — Mrs. Clinton again refuses to relinquish the Clintons’ interest in Whitewater.
1992 — Clinton is elected president.
1992 — McDougal and Vince Foster, representing the Clintons, sign papers selling the Clintons’ interest in Whitewater to McDougal for $1,000.
1992 — Clinton’s presidential campaign, responding to pressure from the media, issues a statement that the Clintons did nothing improper with Whitewater dealings.
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