Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [99]
“Justice Jim” Johnson, former state senator and Arkansas Supreme Court justice who made his mark as a Southern segregationist, became one of newly elected President Bill Clinton’s most ardent foes in his home state. Johnson (shown here in 1966), in conjunction with other Clinton detractors, assisted former municipal judge David Hale in injecting Bill Clinton into the federal prosecution of Jim McDougal, Susan McDougal, and Governor Jim Guy Tucker and in stirring up the Whitewater scandal in the national news. Arkansas History Commission
Vince Foster stands in front of the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, where he was a partner and close friend of Hillary Clinton, Webster Hubbell, and William Kennedy III. The four partners would move to Washington as key players in the Clinton administration. Each would become embroiled in some aspect of the political scandals that would ensnare the new administration. © 2009 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Miss Marie Purkins’ School for Little Folks in Hope, Arkansas. Classmates Billy Blythe Clinton (far left) and Vince Foster (on Clinton’s left, back row) would go on to become lifelong friends. The day after Vince Foster’s tragic death, President Clinton entered Foster’s office in the West Wing of the White House and stared at this photo with White House Counsel Bernie Nussbaum, nearly becoming overwhelmed with emotion. William J. Clinton Presidential Library
Vince Foster and his wife, Lisa, accompany Bill and Hillary Clinton to a formal affair in Little Rock in late 1988. After Clinton’s smashing victory against President George H. W. Bush in November of 1992, Vince Foster moved to Washington as part of the Arkansas migration to the White House. Lisa Foster stayed behind in Little Rock, planning to move their family east once the children were prepared to make the change. AP Photo/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Vince Foster’s coffin is carried out of St. Andrew’s Catholic Cathedral in Little Rock on July 22, 1993, as widow Lisa Foster (top center) is steadied by family friends. President Clinton delivered an emotional eulogy at the service. AP Photo /Spencer Tirey
Independent Counsel Robert Fiske, appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate the Whitewater and Madison Guaranty matters, was on the job only seven months before he was replaced by former solicitor general Ken Starr. A special three-judge panel of federal judges appointed Starr to replace Fiske after the independent counsel law was signed by President Clinton. Courtesy of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Former Attorney General Webster Hubbell takes an oath on Capitol Hill on August 10, 1995, before testifying in front of the House Whitewater Committee. The Office of Independent Counsel was investigating Hubbell’s participation in business deals involving the McDougals and Clintons. AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi
After her fingerprints were found on missing Rose Law Firm records that appeared in the residence of the White House, Hillary Clinton was subpoenaed to testify before the Whitewater grand jury. Here, the First Lady issues a statement as she arrives at the U.S. District Court in Washington on January 26, 1996. AP Photo/Denis Paquin
Deputy Independent Counsel Hickman Ewing, Jr. (left), and OIC prosecutor Jackie Bennett arrive at the federal courthouse in Little Rock, during the summer of 1996, ready to tackle another week of Whitewater-related trials. AP Photo/Spencer Tirey
Jim McDougal, wearing his trademark Panama hat, speaks to reporters after he is convicted by a federal jury in Little Rock, in May of 1996. During the trial, McDougal denied that President Bill Clinton was involved in any wrongdoing. Shortly thereafter, he became a cooperating witness for Independent Counsel Ken Starr and dramatically altered his story. © 2009 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Susan McDougal, bound in shackles,