Whitewater affair | United States history | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• history of the United States
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    In United States: The Bill Clinton administration
    The resulting inquiry, known as Whitewater—the name of the housing development corporation at the centre of the controversy—was led from 1994 by independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Although the investigation lasted several years and cost more than \$50 million, Starr was unable to find conclusive evidence of wrongdoing by the Clintons.…
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• Bill Clinton
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    In Bill Clinton: Presidency of Bill Clinton
    …housing development corporation known as Whitewater. Led from August by independent counsel Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater inquiry consumed several years and more than \$50 million but did not turn up conclusive evidence of wrongdoing by the Clintons.
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• Chertoff
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    In Michael Chertoff
    Senate Whitewater Committee, which led an investigation into Pres. Bill Clinton’s prepresidential financial dealings, centring on a failed real-estate development in Arkansas. He worked in the private sector at Latham & Watkins in 1980–83 and again in 1994–2001.
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• Hillary Clinton
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    In Hillary Clinton: First lady of the United States
    Her investment in Whitewater, a real estate development in Arkansas, and her commodities trading in 1978–79—through which she reportedly turned a \$1,000 investment into \$100,000 in a few months—came under close scrutiny.
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• Starr
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    In Ken Starr
    …the investigation into the so-called Whitewater affair, which involved a land deal in Arkansas during the time Clinton, a Democrat, was that state’s governor. As a result of the investigation, 11 people—including Clinton associates James and Susan McDougal—were convicted of crimes. Starr later looked into the suicide of White House…
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