Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Prosecutors Summon McDougal Again > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Prosecutors have again > summoned Susan McDougal before the Whitewater grand > jury, possibly setting up another showdown over her > refusal testify, her lawyer said Thursday. > > Prosecutors want Mrs. McDougal -- President Clinton's > Whitewater business partner -- to testify next week, 1 > 1/2 years after she refused to answer questions about > him before the panel, said her lawyer, Mark Geragos of > Los Angeles. > > Mrs. McDougal recently completed 18 months behind bars > on a civil contempt citation stemming from her refusal > to testify. She has begun serving a two-year federal > prison sentence for her 1996 bank fraud conviction. > > James McDougal, her late husband, had cooperated with > Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Former Gov. Jim Guy > Tucker, who recently pleaded guilty to unrelated > charges, is cooperating with Starr to avoid prison. > > Geragos claimed summoning Mrs. McDougal was Starr's > response to a complaint Geragos lodged Tuesday. Geragos > asked a judge to bar the prosecutor from investigating > whether conservatives with whom Starr has ties funneled > money to David Hale, who testified against Mrs. > McDougal. > > ``It's my position that (Starr's) conflicted and he > can't do anything regarding Susan at this point,'' > Geragos said. ``I will take steps to block her > appearance.'' > > Also Thursday, a federal appeals court refused to block > Hale's trial on state charges. He is accused of lying to > regulators about an insurance company the state says he > owned. > > The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis > denied Hale's request to overturn a lower court's > dismissal of his lawsuit seeking a federal shield the > charges. > > Hale claimed that a plea agreement and immunity granted > him by federal Whitewater prosecutors should protect him > in a state case. Hale also argued that the state charge > was political payback for his cooperation with Starr. > > He is scheduled for trial April 22 in Pulaski County > Circuit Court. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
