Clintons Report says the ex-president, former first lady xxx

Associated Press ^ | PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Will post AP updates when available...looks like the final Whitewater report is out...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

(03-20) 11:23 PST (AP) --  Part of the investigation focused on a fraudulent $300,000 federally backed loan that a Little Rock judge claimed he was pressured by Clinton to make to the McDougals, who operated the failed Madison Guaranty S&L.

"Insufficient evidence also exists to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Governor Clinton knew of or approved" the loan, Ray's report said.

"There is some evidence that Governor Clinton knew or should have known that Jim McDougal was not conducting Madison Guaranty's affairs as required by banking rules," it said.

The report related an incident in which the Arkansas banking commissioner told Clinton in 1983 that there were problems at Madison. The report said Clinton told the commissioner to do whatever was necessary and not to worry about politics.

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[doug from upland]

Nonsense. There was plenty of evidence. We needed someone like Joe DeGenova, not Ken Starr and Robert Ray.

[eureka!]

"Insufficient evidence exists to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that either Governor or Mrs. Clinton knowingly participated in the criminal financial transactions"

I don't think this is the proper standard for prosecutorial discretion, but I may be wrong. In any event, look for tomorrow's headline "Clintons Cleared In Whitewater" from the Clymers....

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Updated AP Headline:

Whitewater report says the ex-president, former first lady didn't do wrong

PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

[log_cabin_gop_boy]

I wonder how many of of out tax dollars were spent on this investigation?

Great investment.

[Honestfreedom]

How about Rudy Guiliani?

[stanz]

More yada yada yada.

[wheezer]

I wonder how many of of out tax dollars were spent on this investigation?

Not enough if you ask me.

[Vladiator]

According to the American Spectator, it was one of the best investments Richie Scaife ever made.

[hsmomx3]

You're right. The problem is that there are very few who are willing to take the bull by the horns!!

I just hope it does further damage to Hillary's political ambitions.

[AppyPappy]

About half what was spent in Iran-Contra.

[lentulusgracchus]

But that is almost exactly what the report does not say. Yup, y'all nailed it, trust the Clymers.

[SW6906]

Didn't McDougal or someone illegally make payments for the Clintons? Didn't the Clintons get the property for a song, while others paid $$$?

[MeekOneGOP]

I don't think this is the proper standard for prosecutorial discretion, but I may be wrong. In any event, look for tomorrow's headline "Clintons Cleared In Whitewater" from the Clymers....

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[Oldeconomybuyer]

(03-20) 11:36 PST (AP) --  The report also focused extensively on Mrs. Clinton's legal work on an Arkansas land development called Castle Grande that was being operated by Jim McDougal and partly financed by his failed S&L. The former first lady is now a senator representing New York.

Mrs. Clinton's legal work on the project wasn't disclosed until 1996, when her law firm billing records, which had been subpoenaed earlier in the case, were found in the White House family residence.

Prosecutors, who investigated whether there was an attempt to obstruct by hiding the records, said they could never determine how the records got inside the Clinton residence.

"The evidence gathered could not exclude the possibility that Mrs. Clinton put the billing records in Room 319A," the report said. It noted that she gave sworn testimony "denying placing them in Room 319A or knowing how they got there."

Much of the evidence about Mrs. Clinton's activity as a lawyer for McDougal could have been laid out in a trial of her law firm partner, former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell. Hubbell, however, avoided trial by pleading guilty to a felony.

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[Cooter]

Good answer.

[NormsRevenge]

It's a waste of bandwidth , all this crap about the clintoons...

Let the buzzards take care of their political carcasses

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes, they are criminals but they will never go to jail. So what else is new?