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...Hanson called the RTC's Kulka at home the next day with Nussbaum's request. Kulka brushed her off, telling Hanson that while Nussbaum was correct about the charter, Fiske didn't want any part of the civil case...
...Nussbaum called Hanson again, this time with a new idea: Isn't it true, he asked, that the RTC could transfer its civil probe of Madison into the hands of special prosecutor Fiske, who had been chosen two weeks earlier by Reno to launch the criminal inquiry into Whitewater? If so, Nussbaum told Hanson, she might want to inform Altman, still fully in charge of the Madison case, that such a transfer was possible under Fiske's charter. (Under oath, Nussbaum recalled suggesting this to Hanson, but insisted that he did so to help Altman get out of his conflict...
...place would create a conflict of interest as the RTC investigated a case involving his friend, the President. But stepping aside would mean that responsibility for the investigation would fall entirely to RTC general counsel Ellen Kulka, who had no ties to the Clintons. Kulka and Treasury counsel Jean Hanson had urged Altman to recuse himself. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen agreed but left the decision to Altman...
...present his / recusal at the conclusion of a meeting designed to bring Clinton aides up to speed on procedural aspects of the Madison investigation. But White House counsel Nussbaum urged Altman to stay. Nussbaum worried aloud that Kulka was a smart, tough lawyer. At the hearings last week, Hanson recalled Nussbaum saying that Altman, if he did not recuse, could impose "discipline on the process and lead to a fairer result." After the meeting, Nussbaum pulled Hanson aside and asked how Kulka had been hired. (During the hearings, Nussbaum denied making such an inquiry...
...Altman called Margaret Williams, Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff, and asked her to assemble a group of people quickly so he could inform them of his decision. At a meeting in Williams' office, Altman told Nussbaum, Ickes and Eggleston he would not recuse himself. Hanson arrived at the meeting late, after Altman left, and learned then of her boss's decision. Hanson recalled that Ickes asked her how many people were aware that she had advised Altman two days earlier to step aside. When Hanson replied that only three people knew, Hanson said, Ickes pronounced this good...