Time: Sun Nov 03 06:10:47 1996 To: roc@xmission.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Hillary in Chains Cc: Bcc: liberty lists Hillary in handcuffs ... ... has a nice ring to it. Hillary in chains ... ... has an even better ring to it. This marriage does not bode well. Pity. /s/ Paul Mitchell At 05:17 AM 11/3/96 -0600, you wrote: >>From the London Sunday Times > >Whitewater heads the >spectre of >corruption haunting >the Democrats, >writes James Adams > > [Image] © > > Clinton with Loutchansky > > Smell of scandal that could leave Hillary > in handcuffs > > In the latest twist to a corruption scandal > swirling around Bill Clinton, a photograph > has emerged that shows him at a Democratic > fundraising event with a businessman who > has been the target of an undercover > operation by MI6. > > The president was photographed with Grigori > Loutchansky, who runs an international > conglomerate, Nordex, described by John > Deutch, head of the CIA, as "an > organisation associated with Russian > criminal activity". Loutchansky and Nordex > have consistently denied any involvement in > criminal activity. > > Clinton used their meeting in October 1993 > to discuss problems involved in making > Ukraine a nuclear-free state. He asked > Loutchansky, a Latvian, to act as an > intermediary in discussions between America > and Ukraine. > > Nearly two years later, Loutchansky was > again invited to a fundraising dinner with > Clinton in Washington. The invitation was > withdrawn after the CIA gave a warning > about his connections with Nordex. > > "Loutchansky did come to an event, a dinner > with the president," said Amy Weiss Tobe, a > spokeswoman. "We did send him a letter > inviting him to the July 1995 dinner, but > after the letter was sent we learnt he had > problems." > > Clinton is already under fire for raising > millions of dollars from overseas > supporters alleged by Republicans to have > received lucrative contracts. The latest > revelation is further ammunition for > critics who are calling for an independent > investigation of the Democrats' election > fundraising. > > Donations from Indonesia are being linked > to a softening of Clinton's policy on human > rights abuses in the country, and a > lucrative power contract in China was > awarded to a company that had also provided > generous support. > > At the heart of the scandal is Ron Brown, > the late commerce secretary, who died in a > plane crash earlier this year. Evidence is > emerging that Brown extracted money for the > party in return for trade deals and soft > loans. > > "We are headed for a second Watergate with > all this stuff going on," said Ross Perot, > the maverick billionaire election > candidate. "A constitutional crisis in > 1997. And for two years nothing's going to > happen while we fool around with this." > > Janet Reno, the attorney-general, is > expected to order an inquiry. If its remit > extends to every dollar raised by the > Democratic party and every aspect of > government policy in the past four years, > the new Clinton administration could be > largely paralysed. Even as Clinton is sworn > in for his second term in January, his > lawyers will be in the Supreme Court > arguing that he should not have to respond > to a sexual harassment suit brought by > Paula Jones until he leaves office in four > years' time. > > Jones claims that Clinton asked her up to > his room at a Little Rock hotel in 1991, > exposed himself and asked her to perform a > sexual act. Given Clinton's record of such > behaviour, many believe the charges are > true. But for the past three years the > president has successfully used the courts > to delay a trial. > > If the Supreme Court finds against him, > then the administration will face the > prospect of having Clinton's sexual his > tory and intimate personal details publicly > paraded. > > While that may be the most embarrassing of > the next administration's legal woes, it is > certainly not the most serious. Kenneth > Starr, the independent counsel who has been > investigating the Whitewater scandal for > the past two years, is ready to file new > charges against a number of people, > including White House officials. > > He has not issued any indictments in the > past three months as he did not want to be > accused of playing party politics. But with > the election over, the writs will be > served. > > Exactly who will be charged is not known > but there is a long list of potential > suspects, given that Starr's investigations > have steadily broadened to include the > firing of the workers in the White House > travel office, the suicide of Vince Foster, > the deputy White House counsel, and the use > of secret FBI files by White House > officials. > > Top of Starr's target list is Hillary > Clinton, who has been investigated on > charges of obstructing justice and perjury. > If the Democrats won control of Congress, > she would almost certainly not be indicted. > However if, as expected, the Republicans > retain control, the possibility of Hillary > in handcuffs will arise. > > Even if Starr does not attack her directly, > several members of her personal staff and > other White House officials are in his > sights. > >
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