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...Madison-Whitewater case. At the time of the session, Altman was leaning toward relinquishing his formal authority over the case, as he was advised to do by several Treasury colleagues, including Bentsen. But when the meeting got under way, the White House officials "reacted very negatively," wrote Josh Steiner, the Treasury Department chief of staff, who kept a detailed diary of the events. The White House, he noted, was very concerned about "turning the RTC" over to people the White House "didn't know." Last week his lawyer called the journal an "impressionistic" record of events; in late March, Steiner...
...come from a party which while it held the White House was responsible for Watergate and Iran-contra," he said.WHAT NEXT? Expect Altman to resign, says TIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratan. Others who can be counted "among the walking dead" include Jean Hanson, the Treasury counsel, and hapless diarist Josh Steiner, Treasury Department chief of staff. Also watch for the President's popularity to dip even further. "It seemed as if a lot of officials inside the White House were evasive," says Ratan. "It adds to the reservoir of doubt that a lot of people have about this Administration...
Back in March, TIME and other news organizations reported that Stephanopoulos on Feb. 25 separately phoned Treasury chief of staff Josh Steiner and Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman (then acting head of the RTC) to inquire angrily about the appointment of former Republican U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens -- a harsh Clinton critic -- to assist in the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty, a failed Arkansas savings and loan whose proprietor had been a Clinton business partner and fund raiser. Officials familiar with those calls told investigators that Stephanopoulos asked whether Stephens could be dismissed. Stephanopoulos later explained that he was "just blowing...
...hysterically crying and I couldn't thinkwho to call," Hoffman remembers. She called Hellerand asked him if he would come over. He said sure.As he was about to hang up the phone, Hoffmansays, Josh said, "Um, could you please tell me whois this?"CrimsonArmande M. Dawson...
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