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Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s Final Report

This is the Final Report of the investigation of Independent Counsel, Robert W. Ray, into Monica Lewinsky and others in relation to the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association.

The report was filed on May 18, 2001 and released on March 6, 2002, two years after President Clinton left office.

Robert Ray, 39, succeeded Kenneth Starr as Independent Counsel on October 19, 1999. He inherited Starr’s investigation and had to write the final report.

Ray previously worked for Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz on the prosecution of Clinton’s former Agriculture Secretary, Mike Espy. Ray’s appointment was criticised by Clinton’s spokesman, Joe Lockhart, as a “dubious proposition”. [Read more…]


A Very Brief Introduction To The Clinton Impeachment

Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd President of the United States in 1992. He assumed office on January 20, 1993.

ClintonAlmost from the outset, he was dogged by accusations, allegations and purported scandals, notably the Whitewater matter.

At the mid-term congressional elections in 1994, the Democratic Party lost control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate for the first time since the early 1950s.

By the end of 1995, the Executive and Congressional arms of government were locked in combat over an ambitious political agenda put forward by the Republican Speaker, Newt Gingrich. [Read more…]


Clinton Pardons McDougal In Final Act As President

President Bill Clinton has issued pardons for about 90 people, including his former Whitewater business partner, Susan McDougal, the woman who went to jail rather than give testimony to a grand jury.

Bush-ClintonPictures of McDougal in shackles remain a potent image of the Clinton years.

McDougal was convicted in 1996 in a trial where Clinton gave testimony in her defence. She maintained throughout the Whitewater investigations that Clinton was never involved in illegal loans.

Her then husband, James McDougal, now deceased, was also convicted, but co-operated with Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and implicated the Clintons. His wife steadfastly defended the Clintons and waged a war of words with Starr, accusing him of a political witchhunt.

Clinton has also pardoned his former Housing Secretary, Henry Cisneros, who resigned in 1996 over allegations that he lied to the FBI about payments he made to a former mistress.



Correspondence and Agreed Order in the Settlement of Clinton’s Case

This is the text of correspondence exchanged yesterday in which President Clinton reached a settlement with the independent counsel, Robert Ray.

These are the letters exchanged between David E. Kendall, a lawyer for President Clinton, and Robert W. Ray, the independent counsel, in which they agreed to a settlement. Also included is the order that the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Ark., issued yesterday, suspending for five years the president’s right to practice law in Arkansas. [Read more…]