Time: Wed Jul 09 03:36:18 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA04783; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 03:32:45 -0700 (MST) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA24635; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 03:32:38 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 03:32:31 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Starr said preparing to indict Hubbell (fwd) <snip> > >STARR SAID PREPARING TO INDICT HUBBELL >Reports say prosecutor hopes to enlist former aide in probe > >Associated Press (http://www.msnbc.com/news/84216.asp) > > WASHINGTON - Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr has >decided to seek a tax evasion indictment against Webster Hubbell, >according to USA Today and Fox News Channel. > The newspaper says in Thursday's editions that Starr >hopes to pressure Hubbell into cooperating fully with the investigation >into the business and political affairs of President Clinton and his >wife, Hillary. > Clinton has described Hubbell as his best friend. >Hubbell and Hillary Clinton were partners in the Rose Law Firm in Little >Rock, Ark. > The decision to pursue the indictment was made at a >staff meeting in Little Rock last week, the newspaper said. > Fox reported Wednesday that Starr will file the charges >against Hubbell by the end of the summer. > A source close to Hubbell told The Associated Press on >Wednesday that he had not received a letter saying that he was a target >of the investigation nor had he been informed that he was about to >indicted. > Starr's spokeswoman, Deborah Gershman, declined comment. > Hubbell resigned as the No. 3 official at the Justice >Department in March 1994 amid questions about his billing practices at >the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, where he had worked with Mrs. Clinton >before coming to Washington in Clinton's first term. > In a plea bargain with Starr, Hubbell in December 1994 >pleaded guilty to tax evasion and mail fraud charges in connection with >bilking clients, including the federal government, of $400,000. He later >was sentenced to 21 months in prison and was released in February this >year. > Whitewater prosecutors have expressed displeasure with >the degree of Hubbell's cooperation after the deal was struck. > They have been investigating a series of payments, >reportedly totaling $400,000 or more, from Clinton's friends to Hubbell >made between March 1994 and December 1994 and whether they were designed >to discourage his cooperation with the Whitewater investigation. > The White House and Hubbell have denied the payments, >including a $49,500 lobbying contract from the Los Angeles Department of >Airports, were intended to buy Hubbell's silence. > An audit released June 23 by Los Angeles Controller Rick >Tuttle concluded that Hubbell overcharged the city and should be >targeted for possible criminal prosecution. > The Department of Airports severed Hubbell's six-month >contract after his 1994 conviction but paid him half of the $49,500 fee. > Tuttle said Hubbell billed the city for 80 hours, but >worked only about seven, and even that work was of questionable value. >Hubbell provided "nowhere near the services he represented to the city," >Tuttle said at a news conference. > Tuttle recommended that city officials try to recoup the >money and that federal officials investigate whether Hubbell should be >prosecuted on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and filing a false claim >with the city. > According to Tuttle's report, then-mayoral adviser Kim >Wardlaw testified that she discussed the hiring of Hubbell with Alan >Arkatov, a former prominent Democratic campaign consultant. >------- >To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message >UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact >owner-c-news@world.std.com if you have questions. > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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