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...time by David Hale, a Clinton-appointed judge. Capital also made a large loan to Tucker. But the purpose of Capital was to make loans to "socially or economically disadvantaged persons," hardly the way one might characterize McDougal or Tucker or Clinton. Hale was indicted in September for fraud and has accused Clinton of pressuring him to make the McDougal loan. The Clintons deny exerting any pressure or knowing about the diversion of funds into Whitewater...
McDougal, acquitted on bank-fraud charges, is under investigation again. Hale will stand trial sometime this year. Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, have called for hearings on the Madison collapse as a prerequisite for considering Clinton's bank reforms. In Whitewater only six homes have been constructed. As for the house that Hillary built, its current owner, John Lauramoore, half expects tourists to start lining up outside. "Maybe I can cut up the carpet and sell pieces and say that Bill Clinton walked on it," he says. "Even though he didn't, they wouldn't know...
Faced with the gathering storm, the leadership of the N.R.A. is trying to shift the spotlight back to the larger problem of crime. "The whole debate over gun control is a public fraud in terms of doing anything in the world that affects violent criminals," says N.R.A. executive vice president Wayne LaPierre. "What's missing from this whole debate is what we all know works: confronting violent criminals and taking them off the street. That's what politicians don't have the will to do, but that's what the American public is demanding...
Corruption: A sting uncovers fraud at the space agency...
...York judge last week dismissed all criminal charges against Clark Clifford, the Washington eminence grise charged with fraud and bribery in connection with the B.C.C.I. scandal. The judge pointedly cited the 86-year- old's ill health, not "the interests of justice," as the reason for his decision. Clifford, however, claimed to have been vindicated...