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Clintons Report says the ex-president, former first lady xxx
Associated Press ^ | PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 03/20/2002 10:26:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

11:20 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; billclinton; clintonhaters; clintonscandals; govwatch; hillaryclinton; oic; report; robertray; whitewater
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Will post AP updates when available...looks like the final Whitewater report is out...
1 posted on 03/20/2002 10:26:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: 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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2 posted on 03/20/2002 10:27:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Nonsense. There was plenty of evidence. We needed someone like Joe DeGenova, not Ken Starr and Robert Ray.
3 posted on 03/20/2002 10:28:08 AM PST by doug from upland
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"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....

4 posted on 03/20/2002 10:30:39 AM PST by eureka!
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To: doug from upland
Updated AP Headline:

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

PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

5 posted on 03/20/2002 10:31:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I wonder how many of of out tax dollars were spent on this investigation?

Great investment.

6 posted on 03/20/2002 10:31:39 AM PST by log_cabin_gop_boy
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To: doug from upland
How about Rudy Guiliani?
7 posted on 03/20/2002 10:32:38 AM PST by Honestfreedom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
More yada yada yada.
8 posted on 03/20/2002 10:33:25 AM PST by stanz
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To: log_cabin_gop_boy
I wonder how many of of out tax dollars were spent on this investigation?

Not enough if you ask me.
9 posted on 03/20/2002 10:33:48 AM PST by wheezer
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To: log_cabin_gop_boy
According to the American Spectator, it was one of the best investments Richie Scaife ever made.
10 posted on 03/20/2002 10:35:25 AM PST by Vladiator
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To: doug from upland
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.

11 posted on 03/20/2002 10:36:23 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: log_cabin_gop_boy
About half what was spent in Iran-Contra.
12 posted on 03/20/2002 10:36:58 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
But that is almost exactly what the report does not say. Yup, y'all nailed it, trust the Clymers.
13 posted on 03/20/2002 10:37:08 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Didn't McDougal or someone illegally make payments for the Clintons? Didn't the Clintons get the property for a song, while others paid $$$?
14 posted on 03/20/2002 10:38:18 AM PST by SW6906
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To: eureka!; Oldeconomybuyer; doug from upland
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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16 posted on 03/20/2002 10:38:42 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: 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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17 posted on 03/20/2002 10:39:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: AppyPappy
Good answer.
18 posted on 03/20/2002 10:39:56 AM PST by Cooter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's a waste of bandwidth , all this crap about the clintoons...

Let the buzzards take care of their political carcasses
19 posted on 03/20/2002 10:40:51 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yes, they are criminals but they will never go to jail. So what else is new?
20 posted on 03/20/2002 10:42:16 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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