VARIOUS ARKANSAS:
1) Roger Clinton: Bill Clinton brother; drug trafficking conviction
(Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994)
2) Dan Lasater: governor Bill Clinton contributor and state contractor:
drug trafficking conviction (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January
14, 1994)
3) Dan Harmon: Arkansas Seventh Judicial District prosecuting attorney
and Bill Clinton friend and political ally: five federal racketeering,
extortion, and drug distribution convictions (Wall Street Journal
"Arkansas Justice" June 13, 1997)
4) Bill McCuen: Bill Clinton political ally: former Arkansas Secretary
of State; bribery, tax evasion, kickbacks convictions (Wall Street
Journal: Whitewater: "The Prosecution Rests" May 7, 1996)
WHITEWATER:
5) Webster Hubbell: Bill Clinton friend and political ally; Hillary
Clinton Rose Law Firm partner: embezzlement; fraud; two felony convictions
(Wall Street Journal "Whither Whitewater?" October 18, 1995)
6) Jim Guy Tucker: fraud; three felony convictions (Wall Street Journal
"Second-Term Stall" February 11, 1997; Associated Press "Tucker Pleads
Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998)
7) William J. Marks Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker business partner; one
conspiracy conviction (Associated Press "Whitewater Defendant Pleads Guilty"
August 28, 1997)
8) Jim McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political
ally: eighteen felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale"
May 29, 1996)
9) Susan McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend; former wife of Jim
McDougal: four felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale"
May 29, 1996)
10) David Hale: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political
ally: two felony convictions of conspiracy and mail fraud (Wall Street
Journal "The Arkansas Machine Strikes Back" March 19, 1996)
11) Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker; two felony convictions
(Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10,
1995)
12) Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide; one conviction (Wall
Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995)
13) Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent; fraudulent loans (Wall Steet
Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995)
14) Robert Palmer: Madison appraiser; one conspiracy felony conviction
(Wall Street Journal "Hale Predicts Hillary Conviction" October 21, 1996)
15) Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president; embezzled bank funds for
Clinton campaign; two misdemeanor convictions (Wall Street Journal
"Arkansas Bank Shot" May 4, 1995)
16) John Latham: Madison Bank CEO; bank fraud conviction (Wall Street
Journal "Smoke Without Fire" January 12, 1996)
17) John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker; misdemeanor guilty plea;
tax fraud (Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February
20, 1998)
18) Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to one
misdemeanor count of trying to bribe David Hale; is appealing a ten month prison
sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater Defendants"
February 22, 1998)
19) Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to two
misdemeanor counts of bribery, served fourteen months of a sixteen
month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater
Defendants" February 22, 1998)
ESPY:
20) Tyson Foods: guilty plea; $6 million federal court fines and
investigative costs (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts
to Espy" December 30, 1997)
21) Sun-Diamond Growers: $1.5 million fine for illegal campaign
contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy
Investigation" August 27, 1997)
22) Richard Douglas: former Sun-Diamond Growers official; several
bribery convictions and guilty pleas(Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits
Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Lobbyist Pleads
guilty in Espy Case" March 17, 1998)
23) James H. Lake: Sun-Diamond Growers lobbyist; three convictions
regarding illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A
Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
24) Ron Blackley: Espy's chief of staff: financial fraud conviction;
twenty-seven month prison sentence (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Judge
Sentences Espy Aide to Jail" March 18, 1998)
25) Smith Barney: improper payments to Espy; $1 million-plus fine
(Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
26) Crop Growers Corporation: $2 million fine for money laundering to
Henry Espy's campaign (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
27) Brook Keith Mitchell Sr. (with his company Five M Farming
Enterprises: four counts) for fraud (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
28) Five M Farming Enterprises (with owner Brook Keith Mitchell: four
counts) for fraud (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation"
August 27, 1997)
29) John J. Hemmingson, former head of Crop Growers Corporation: three
counts relating to illegal campaign contributions to Henry Espy
(Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
30) Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Louisiana lawyer and Henry Espy
campaign finance head: ten count conviction (Associated Press: "A Look at
Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
31) Municipal Healthcare Cooperative: Ferrouillet-related company;
perjury, bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods
Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997)
32) Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet: Ferrouillet-related company; perjury,
bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods
Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997)
CAMPAIGN FINANCE:
33) Michael Brown (Ron Brown's son): money laundering; misdemeanor
conviction (Los Angeles Times, "Ron Brown's Son Pleads Guilty to
Illegal Donation" August 29, 1997)
34) Eugene Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony
conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising
Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997)
35) Nora Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony
conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising
Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997)
36) Johnny Chung: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many
visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office with mainland Chinese
associates; several illegal campaign contributions, money laundering, tax
fraud, and bank fraud guilty pleas (Associated Press: "Democrat Fund-Raiser
Pleads Guilty" March 17, 1998)
37) Roger Tamraz: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many
visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office; fugitive from Lebanon
embezzlement convictions; target of French government financial
investigation; BCCI connections (The Wall Street Journal: "Integrity of
the Institutions" March 20, 1997, et. al.)
CISNEROS:
38) Linda Jones: Henry Cisneros mistress; conspiracy, bank fraud, money
laundering, and obstruction of justice federal felony guilty pleas;
sentenced to three and one-half years in prison (Associated Press:
"Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
39) Patsy Jo Wooten: Linda Jones sister; one conspiracy guilty plea
(Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
40) Allen Wooten: Linda Jones brother-in-law; one conspiracy guilty
plea (Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
Below is an updated list of Clinton-related friends, colleagues,
associates, and related business entities, who have been convicted of crimes,
updated through April 14, 1998. Forty names, and counting. The format of
the list is that the names are allocated to the various investigative
categories, with each individual/entity named and accompanied by a brief
description of the relevant crime(s) and a source of the information.