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Where, oh, where is CHARLIE TRIE? Congressional investigators have been eager to question the former Little Rock restaurateur and friend of BILL CLINTON's who appears to have funneled foreign money to the Democrats. Trie hightailed it to China when the scandal heated up. A month ago, frustrated G.O.P. Congressman DAN BURTON asked the President to seek China's help in locating Trie. Lo and behold, two weeks ago, Beijing gave U.S. diplomats the name of the hotel Trie was holed up in, and they passed that along to Burton. But that hasn't permitted investigators to get any closer...
...been told only that it was a few blocks from the state capitol and that it was one of Bill Clinton's favorite places for lunch when the Great Scarfer was Governor. I somehow even missed its name. Given Trie's eagerness to please, though, I suspect he chose a name designed to make some of those Arkansas legislators from places like Mount Ida and Ash Flat feel as comfortable as they could in an Oriental setting--maybe something like the Jade Goober...
...Jade Goober, Web Hubbell has just finished his lunch with an all-vegetable dish listed on the menu as Bubba's Delight. Trie, following standing instructions, has given him the check plus three carbon copies suitable for submission. At the next table, a waitress impatiently taps a pencil on her pad as James McDougal changes his mind again and again...
When Governor Clinton, after hugging everyone in the restaurant, settles into his usual table, Trie is instantly hovering about. He insists on bringing the Governor and his companions a new dish on the menu, something called General Tyson's Chicken. The Governor and the state police polish that off and have eight or 10 more dishes, finishing up with Trie's special Hush Puppies Szechuan Style. They ask for their checks, having adopted a Dutch-treat policy since the Clintons developed what they call the McDougal cash-flow problem...
...Right away," Trie says. He goes to his office and picks up a shopping bag full of checks that are all made out to BILL CLINTON FOR GOVERNOR OR ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY. They are signed with what appear to be Asian names--Sun Yatsen, for instance, and Charlie Chan. Returning to the dining room, he shoots an ingratiating smile in the Governor's direction and pours the checks out on to the table...