Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 5 (UPI) _ The second Whitewater grand jury
impaneled in Little Rock
to investigate President Clinton's business dealings has been dismissed
after indicting only Susan
McDougal during its two-year term.
Court personnel brought in pizzas for a goodbye party today and members
of the grand jury smiled
and hugged as they left the courthouse. A federal mandate forbids them
from talking about what
they heard on the jury panel.
Although the 23 members of the grand jury reportedly examined the
business of the Clintons in the
Whitewater and Castle Grande land deals, they only indicted McDougal for
refusing to answer
questions during the investigation.
Charles Bakaly, the spokesman for independent counsel Kenneth Starr,
told reporters Monday that
information gathered by the Little Rock grand jury could be passed on to
the grand jury based in
Washington, D.C.
The first grand jury indicted James McDougal, his ex-wife, Susan, and
former Arkansas Gov. Jim
Guy Tucker, on fraud charges in 1995 and former deputy Attorney General
Webster Hubbell on
mail fraud and tax evasion in 1994.
The McDougals and Tucker were convicted in 1996 and Hubbell pleaded
guilty to his charges
1994, agreeing to cooperate with independent Kenneth Starr. He served
most of a 21-month
sentence, but is now facing new charges.
Hubbell, his wife, a tax lawyer and an accountant were charged last
Thursday in a 10-count
indictment with tax violations and mail fraud.
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