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The Whitewater controversy ( also called the Whitewater scandal, or simply Whitewater ) was an American politics controversy that began with the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture in the 1970s and 1980s.
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* 1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
In January 1998, after Lewinsky had submitted an affidavit in the Paula Jones case denying any physical relationship with Clinton, and attempted to persuade Tripp to lie under oath in the Jones case, Tripp gave the tapes to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, and these tapes added to his ongoing investigation into the Whitewater controversy.
When Tripp discovered in January 1998 that Lewinsky had signed an affidavit in the Paula Jones case denying a relationship with Clinton, she delivered the tapes to Kenneth Starr, the Independent Counsel who was investigating Clinton on other matters, including the Whitewater scandal, the White House FBI files controversy, and the White House travel office controversy.
Instead, Tripp gave the tapes to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr who was investigating the Whitewater controversy and other matters.
" Burton's information during the Whitewater controversy was based on opposition research conducted by Floyd Brown, who founded Citizens United in 1988, which created the well-known Willie Horton attack ad against Michael Dukakis.
Susan McDougal ( born 1955, Heidelberg, Germany ) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy although fifteen individuals were convicted of various federal charges.
Kurtz surveyed the major networks, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and other influential media outlets, and found varying levels of use of Brown's information on David Hale as a witness in the Whitewater controversy.
* Industrial Development Corporation, also known as Castle Grande, an Arkansas company involved in the Whitewater political controversy
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After a three-year investigation, Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr released a report in 1997 also concluding that the death was a suicide.
The city also has one county-wide Public, educational, and government access ( PEG ) cable television station, Whitewater Community Television.
Minnesota State Highway 74 goes through the city from south to north, running along Whitewater Avenue, also known as Main Street.
The term Whitewater is also sometimes used to include other controversies from the Bill Clinton administration, especially those such as Travelgate, Filegate, and the circumstances surrounding Vince Foster's death, that were investigated by the Whitewater Independent Counsel.
1995 was also the year Trek opened a state-of-the-art assembly facility in Whitewater, Wisconsin, leaving the Waterloo location free to focus solely on frame production.
Whitewater rafting and kayaking are popular recreational activities along the upper Klamath River below the J. C. Boyle Dam, and also along the lower Klamath River downstream of the town of Happy Camp.
Whitewater recreation is also very popular on both forks of the river, with Class II, III and IV runs.
The University of Wisconsin – Whitewater ( also known as UW – Whitewater ) is part of the University of Wisconsin System, located in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
Haley Station ( also known as Haley, Haleys, Haley's, with or without Station )() derives its name from a station built on the CPR where the railway right of way crossed the farm of George Haley, an early settler on the second concession of Ross township ( now part of Whitewater township ).
Whitewater racing is also practiced by competing teams ; each team is made by a group of three competitors belonging to the same class.
" ( Starr also chose this occasion to clear President Clinton in the Travelgate matter, and to say that he had not committed impeachable wrongdoing in the Whitewater matter ; Democrats on the committee immediately criticized Starr for withholding all these findings until after the 1998 Congressional elections.
Clinton has also been criticized for the library's lack of coverage regarding various scandals during his presidency, including the Whitewater scandal.
There are also several resorts around the Bartica area including Baganara, Shanklands ( not open at the moment ), Whitewater and a Guesthouse in Byderabo.
" ( Starr also chose this occasion to clear President Clinton in the Filegate matter, and to say he had not committed impeachable wrongdoing in the Whitewater matter ; Democrats on the committee immediately criticized Starr for withholding all these findings until after the 1998 Congressional elections.
There is also the popular Penrith Whitewater Stadium which hosted whitewater slalom events for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
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The relatively young Whitewater Brewery makes what is said to be one of the finest ales in Ireland, called Belfast Ale.
Below the lake, the river passes the hamlet of Perlethorpe, to be joined by the River Maun, flowing northwards, and here called Whitewater.
* Whitewater ( Hometown: Seattle, WA ) is a very tall player, which makes him a decent center and blocker, and his shooting stats are maxed out, with a signature shot called " Whitewater.
Together with Jim Guy Tucker he established a company called AcrossAsia Multimedia Ltd. Tucker, another former Arkansas governor, had been forced to vacate the governor's mansion in 1996 due to alleged fraud in the Whitewater scandal.
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Trekkies includes many Star Trek actors and fans, including Barbara Adams, the Whitewater scandal trial juror who arrived in court in her Starfleet uniform.
* January 26 – Whitewater scandal: U. S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.
* Independent Counsels Kenneth Starr, and Robert Ray relating to the suicide of Vince Foster, the Whitewater scandal, Travelgate, Filegate, and later the Lewinsky scandal, 1994-2001
As a member of the former, he became a leading critic of the Clinton administration regarding the Whitewater scandal, and during 1995 and 1996 chaired the hearings-heavy Senate Special Whitewater Committee.
McDougal was convicted of her role in Whitewater on May 28, 1996, and sentenced to spend time in prison for four counts of fraud and conspiracy relating to the Whitewater scandal, but her prison term did not begin until March 7, 1998 due to other court proceedings.
During the Whitewater scandal, Johnson made accusations against Clinton based on a continuing opposition research campaign conducted by Republican political consultants, Floyd Brown and David Bossie.
A client of Johnson's, David Hale, a former municipal court judge, was the special prosecutor's chief witness attempting to link Clinton to the Whitewater scandal.
The alcove includes the Lewinsky affair, the Whitewater scandal, and the Republican Contract with America.
The Senator Al D ' Amato-chaired Senate Special Whitewater Committee, which had begun the previous year, issued its findings in a majority report on June 18, 1996 ; it did not investigate Travelgate directly, but did say that " Clinton, upon learning of Foster's death, at least realized its connection to Travelgate scandal, and perhaps to the Whitewater matter, and dispatched her trusted lieutenants to contain any potential embarrassment or political damage.
Coulter also covers some of the other controversies surrounding Bill Clinton's presidency, including Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Wampumgate, the China secrets scandal, and the death of Vincent Foster.
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