From: pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness)
Subject: Re: Starr: "making very substantial progress"
Date: 24 Oct 1996 03:55:54 GMT

In article <54hsa0$55i@news.netusa1.net> jvanm@juno.com (Van) writes:

Yes, Starr should be zeroing in on criminal act of the Clintons,
but his purview is matters relating to Madison S&L, and he is going in
there and meting out justice on all guilty parties.  He's saving the best
for last. BTW, Hale says that a Hillary indictment (Castle Grande related)
is a "certainty". I dunno, I'd put it in the "better than 50/50" column.
As for Bill's loan fraud issue with Hale ... his pardon-dangling may do
the trick, and keep him off the hook. The money trail goes to Flowerwood
and Whitewater, but unlike Hillary, Bill managed to keep his fingerprints
off the documents.  Is *everyone* a fall guy for Bill Clinton?!? 

No, Bonoir's 65 failed, false ethics charges against Gingrich and your
anti-Newt sig are political witch hunts.  Starr's is a real investigation
of a criminal enterprise that has thus far netted over a dozen convictions,
most importantly of the principals in this, Jim and Susan McDougal, and
Jim Guy Tucker.

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Whitewater Defendants Found Guilty - And Their Status

   * Gov. Jim Guy Tucker: Convicted on two of seven fraud and conspiracy
     charges. Awaiting sentencing. Faces three charges in a separate
     indictment of lying about a loan and undervaluing assets to avoid
     paying taxes.
   * James B. McDougal: Convicted of 18 of 19 conspiracy and fraud charges.
     Awaiting sentencing.
   * Susan McDougal: Convicted on four fraud counts. Awaiting sentencing.
     Currently being held in contempt of court for refusing to testify
     about whether Bill Clinton testified truthfully during her trial.
   * David Hale: Pleaded guilty in 1994 to two felony counts of defrauding
     the Small Business Administration. Sentenced in March to 28 months in
     prison.
   * Eugene Fitzhugh: Pleaded guilty in 1994 to one misdemeanor count of
     trying to bribe Hale. Sentenced to one year; appeal was turn down.
   * Charles Matthews: Pleaded guilty in 1994 to two misdemeanor counts of
     bribery. Serving a 16-month prison sentence.
   * Robert W. Palmer: Pleaded guilty in 1994 to a felony conspiracy count
     involving submitting back-dated appraisals. Sentenced to one year of
     home detention, three years' probation, $5,000 fine.
   * Webb Hubbell: Former deputy attorney general and friend of the
     Clintons. Pleaded guilty in 1994 to two felony fraud and tax evasion
     charges in connection with defrauding Rose Law Firm clients of nearly
     $400,000. Serving a 21-month sentence in a Maryland prison.
   * Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate agent. Pleaded guilty in 1995 to two
     felony fraud counts in a case only marginally related to Whitewater.
     Sentenced to 15 months in prison, three years' supervised release and a
     $3,000 fine.
   * Neal Ainley: Former president of the Perry County Bank. Pleaded guilty
     in 1995 to two misdemeanors involving Clinton's 1990 re-election
     campaign for governor. Sentenced to two years' probation, $1,000 fine
     and 416 hours of community service.
   * William J. Marks Sr.: Cable TV developer charged along with Tucker with
     lying about a loan and undervaluing assets of a cable television system
     to avoid paying taxes. Appealing indictment.
   * John Haley: Tucker's personal lawyer. Charged with one felony tax count
     in pending indictment against Marks and Tucker. Appealing indictment.
   * Stephen Smith: Pleaded guilty in 1995 to one misdemeanor conspiracy
     count involving a loan from Hale's company. Awaits sentencing.
   * Larry Kuca: Pleaded guilty in 1995 to one misdemeanor conspiracy count
     involving loan from Hale's company. Sentenced last year to two years'
     probation, ordered to pay $65,862 in restitution to the SBA.