Posted on 07/26/2002 6:31:26 PM PDT by GeneD
WASHINGTON, July 26 Bill and Hillary Clinton are asking the government to reimburse them for about $3.5 million in legal fees stemming from the independent counsel investigation of the Whitewater land deal, ABCNEWS has learned.
The Clintons racked up about $11 million in legal bills for Whitewater and other investigations during their time in the White House. Their legal defense fund paid about $7 million. So, if their request for reimbursement is successful, the Clintons would end up paying very little out of pocket themselves. Under the law, those who are investigated but not indicted have the right to seek reimbursement if they can prove they would not have been targeted but for the Office of Independent Counsel Act.
"As explicitly authorized by the statute, and following the precedent set by Presidents Reagan and Bush, the Clintons have applied for reimbursement of their legal fees incurred in connection with the independent counsel's Whitewater investigation," Clinton lawyer David Kendall whose own law firm is owed money said in a statement.
Both Presidents Reagan and George Bush, father of the current president, had some legal fees reimbursed stemming from the Iran-Contra probe.
Independent Counsel Found No Wrongdoing
The massive Whitewater inquiry was launched in 1994 to investigate the Clintons' role in an Arkansas real estate venture dating to the 1970s. In September 2000, Independent Counsel Robert Ray the third independent counsel to head the inquiry filed a report clearing the Clintons of any criminal wrongdoing in Whitewater.
After leaving office, Hillary Clinton, now a New York senator, signed an $8 million book deal. Her husband, who reportedly makes $15 million a year from speaking engagements, later scored a $10 million book deal.
Attorney General John Ashcroft and the current independent counsel will be consulted before a decision on reimbursing the Clintons is made.
You asked for it...
Pandering wimps that we are, we told them to put them back...that's not nice.
It would likely have been a felony on both their records because of the value of the items.
And to Janet Reno: You were the perfect pawn for the "immoral" Clintons.
Sac
Of course, there was NOTHING unusual about Vince Foster's suicide....except that he changed both locations AND guns after his death. Nope. Nothing to see here, folks. No evidence of wrongdoing because Hillary shredded it, and it was in the best interests of Ray's sorry hide to drop the case.
The fact that they killed off the witnesses and shredded the evidence does NOT make them innocent. What a pair of scumbuckets.
Adam Clymer, Certified A**hole.
I thought Bush's remark to Cheny was "Watch out - that's Adam Clymer, certified a$$hole from the New York Times."
Reimbursed, indeed. They didnt spend a penny of their own money.
I thought Bush's remark to Cheny was "Watch out - that's Adam Clymer, certified a$$hole from the New York Times."
Bush said"... MAJOR LEAGUE A******..." to which Cheney replied: "Yeah, Big Time."
English language expanded to include the word "clymer" as a synonym for a****** and "Big Time" in reference to Cheney as a nickname and increased use as an expression to emphasize a statement.
To a lesser degree "major league" can be used in an inside joke kinda way, but I haven't seen it used as often as the above two phrases.
Oh wait! They are Democrats and specialize in spending the taxpayer's money.
Wednesday, September 6, 2000 12:01 a.m. EDT
A Washington adage holds that a politician commits a "gaffe" when he inadvertently tells the truth. This is how we read George W. Bush's off-the-record aside that New York Times reporter Adam Clymer is a "major league" you-know-what.
Note to admin moderator: Had to use "profanity" in interests of historical accuracy - hope that's OK!
It won't hurt him one bit.
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