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At Clinton's request, an independent counsel was appointed in 1994 by the Department of Justice to investigate the legality of Whitewater transactions. Two further accusations then surfaced: that Clinton had exerted pressure on a Little Rock, Arkansas businessman to make a loan that would benefit him and the owners of Madison Guaranty, and that an Arkansas bank had concealed transactions involving Clinton's gubernatorial campaign in 1990.
The Clintons were cleared of any wrongdoing in two reports subsequently prepared by the San Francisco law firm of Pillsbury Madison and Sutro for the Resolution Trust Corporation , which was overseeing the bankruptcy of Madison Guaranty.
When the Whitewater scandal first surfaced, Attorney General Janet Reno appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the matter. This prosecutor, a Republican former United States Attorney named Robert Fiske, was subsequently replaced by Kenneth Starr when the investigation was transferred to the jurisidiction of the Office of the Independent Counsel.
On January 26, 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan Hillary Clinton testified before a grand juryA grand jury is a type of common law jury; responsible for investigating alleged crimes, examining evidence, and issuing indictments. The grand jury can compel witnesses to testify. During the proceeding, the defendant and his or her counsel are generally concerning her investments in Whitewater.
Three associates, James McDougal , Susan McDougalSusan McDougal is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater Scandal. She also spent spent 18 months in prison including 7 weeks in solitary confinement for contempt of court after refusing to cooperate with special prosecu, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy TuckerJames Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. born 12 June 1943) was a Governor of Arkansas and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas. Tucker resigned the governorship due to a conviction in the Whitewater scandal investigation. Jim Guy Tucker were convicted on several federal charges not directly related to the Clintons in 1996.
In 1994 Paula JonesPaula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966 in Lonoke, Arkansas) was a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. According to her story, in 1991 she was escorted to the hotel room of Clin had filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton which was unrelated to the Whitewater investigation. Clinton testified in this lawsuit in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting and gave the impression through his testimony that he had not had an affair with an intern named Monica Lewinsky.
Unknown to either Lewinsky or Clinton, a former White House staffer Linda Tripp had recorded Lewinsky talking about her relations with Clinton. Tripp turned these tapes over to the Whitewater investigators who sought and received an expansion of the scope of the investigation to cover the President's Paula Jones testimony.