aded guilty to two felony charges for fraudulently running his business and has testified against the defendants. He was sentenced to two years and four months in prison. In one allegedly fraudulent deal, Hale claims Clinton pressured him in 1986 to make an illegal $300,000 SBA loan to Susan McDougal, to be repaid by Clinton and James McDougal. Hale approved the loan for one of her companies, which he qualified as a disadvantaged small business, or a minority-owned firm. The money has not been repaid. President Clinton has called Hale's allegations "bull" and testified in the trial by videotape.The Whitewater investigation reached deeply into the workings of the Rose law firm in Little Rock. It led to a guilty plea from former Rose partner Webster Hubbell to fraud charges arising from his billing practices at the firm. Hubbell had followed the Clintons to Washington to serve in the No. 3 position at the Justice Department. He is now serving time in federal prison.These are just a few of the people surrounding the Clintons who have been caught. And yet Bill and Hillary keep slipping away.Over time, the investigation known as "Whitewater" grew well beyond allegations related to the Clintons' financial, legal dealings, and misuse of power in Arkansas. It also encompassed the Clintons' responses to the allegations – and such unrelated events as the firing of White House travel office clerks and Bill Clinton’s extra-marital affairs with Monica Lewinsky and others.One of the most interesting parts of this conspiracy, and yet the part that is kept the quietest is its cover-up. Whitewater is just the icing on the cake. The true conspiracy is the power and control that Bill Clinton has been able to wield. He shows this by his distancing himself from the situation, his using lackeys to control things, and eliminating those who get in his way.According to “The Clinton Body-Count” by the website www.everwonder.co...
