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1.      At the time of his death, Vincent Foster was intimately
involved in two brewing scandals--Travelgate and
Whitewater--touching on President and Mrs. Clinton     168
     2.     Senior White House officials were aware that the President
and Mrs. Clinton faced potential liability over Whitewater
and their relationship with the McDougals     170
     3.     Senior White House officials ignored repeated requests by
law enforcement officials to seal Mr. Foster's office on the
night of his death     172
     4.     White House officials conducted an improper search of Mr.
Foster's office on the night of his death     174
     5.     Margaret Williams may have removed files from the White
House Counsel suite on the night of his death     176
     6.     Bernard Nussbaum agreed with the Justice Department
officials on July 21, 1993, to allow law enforcement
officials to review documents in Mr. Foster's office     177
     7.     Margaret Williams and Susan Thomases, in consultation
with Mrs. Clinton, took part in formulating the procedure
for reviewing documents in Mr. Foster's office on July 22,
1993     178
     8.     Bernard Nussbaum failed to conduct a meaningful review of
Mr. Foster's office and did not describe to law enforcement
officials sensitive files pertaining to the Clintons and the
Administration     183
     9.     An index of documents in Mr. Foster's office is missing
and other indices were revised following his death to
conceal possible references to Whitewater     185
     10.     Bernard Nussbaum knew about yellow scraps of paper in
Mr. Foster's briefcase prior to Stephen Neuwirth's apparent
discovery on July 26, 1993     186
     11.     Margaret Williams, in consultation with Mrs. Clinton,
removed files from Mr. Foster's office to the White House
residence to be reviewed by the Clintons     188
     12.     Senior White House officials did not provide complete and
accurate information to the Park Police and FBI with
respect to the handling of Mr. Foster's note     190
     13.     Mr. Hubbell probably knew about the discovery of Mr.
Foster's note on July 27, 1993     191
     14.     Margaret Williams provided inaccurate and incomplete
testimony to the Special Committee in order to conceal
Mrs. Clinton's role in the handling of documents in Mr.
Foster's office following his death     193
     15.     Susan Thomases provided inaccurate and incomplete
testimony to the Special Committee in order to conceal
Mrs. Clinton's role in the handling of documents in Mr.
Foster's office following his death     196
     16.     Bernard Nussbaum provided inaccurate and incomplete
testimony to the Special Committee concerning the handling
of documents in Mr. Foster's office following his death     199
 

 1.     By mid-1993, the Clintons and their associates had already
taken steps to minimize their potential liability from
investigations of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty.     262
     2.     The White House concealed damaging evidence about
Whitewater and Travelgate from career law enforcement
officials investigating Vincent Foster's death.     264
     3.     Senior White House officials improperly gathered
confidential information about investigations involving
Whitewater and Madison Guaranty.     265
     4.     A pivotal event:  senior White House officials and private
counsel for the Clintons participate in an improper
Whitewater defense meeting.     267
     5.     Senior White House officials did not pass the torch to the
Clintons' new private counsel, but continued to take
highly improper steps to advance the Clintons' private
interests.     269
     6.     Senior White House officials held formal "Whitewater
Response Team" meetings to protect the Clintons' private
interests in ongoing federal investigations.     270
     7.     In early 1994, senior White House officials sought to
manipulate the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty
and the Rose Law Firm.     272
     8.     Jay Stephens was removed from the investigation of
possible civil claims against parties associated with
Madison Guaranty, including the Clintons.     274
     9.     Senior RTC officials sought to impede the criminal
investigation of Madison.     276
     10.     U.S. Attorney Paula Casey mishandled the RTC criminal
referral referencing the President and Mrs. Clinton.     278
     11.     Senior Administration officials improperly sought to
manipulate the investigation of the RTC and Treasury
Inspectors General into the propriety of White House-
Treasury contacts.     281
     12.     The White House delayed in producing documents to the
Special Committee.     283
     13.     Senior Administration officials provided inaccurate and
incomplete testimony to the Senate.     285
     14.     The Office of the White House Counsel was frequently
and improperly put in the service of the personal legal
interests of the President and Mrs. Clinton.     288
 
 

  1.     The Rose billing records provide the best evidence of the
legal services performed by Mrs. Clinton for Madison
Guaranty.     291
     2.     The disappearance and mysterious reappearance of the
Rose Law Firm billing records was part of a larger patten
of removal, concealment and, at times, destruction of
records concerning Mrs. Clinton's representation of
Madison.     297
     3.     Vincent Foster is the last person known to have the billing
records in his possession.     298
     4.     The billing records mysteriously reappear in the Book
Room of the White House Residence in August 1995.     298
     5.     Only a limited number of people had access to the Book
Room of the White House Residence.     299
     6.     Very few people had motive to be handling or reading the
Rose billing records in August 1995.     300
     7.     Only a limited number of people were definitely within the
chain of custody of the billing records.     301
     8.     Mrs. Clinton is more likely than any other known
individual to have placed the billing records in the Book
Room in August 1995.     301
 
 
 
 

CONCLUSIONS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE     560

     1.     Mrs. Clinton's legal work on Castle Grande related to
an effort to conceal the true nature of the activities at
Madison Guaranty     563
     2.     Webster Hubbell was significantly more involved in
Castle Grande than he admitted in his Senate
testimony     568
     3.     In 1985, Mr. McDougal retained Hillary Clinton to
represent Madison Guaranty; the work was not
brought in by a young associate     571
     4.     Mrs. Clinton had a substantive contact with Beverly
Bassett Schaffer about Madison Guaranty's proposal
to issue preferred stock     574
     5.     Governor Clinton's official and personal dealings
with James McDougal raised an apparent, if not an
actual, improper conflict of interest     575
     6.     The Clintons took an active role in obtaining and
extending Whitewater-related loans; they were not
"passive" investors in Whitewater     576
     7.     Governor Clinton's office steered state bond work to
Dan Lasater     578
     8.     The Clintons took a series of erroneous tax deductions
related to Whitewater     580